[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Wuerzburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Schwartzman, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Akobian Varuzhan"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.06.08"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2
Na6 9. a3 Qe8 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 Nc5 13. Bb2 a5 14. Rad1 Rd8 15.
Ng5 $5 (15. Nd4 Qe7 $6 (15... Bf7 16. e3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rde8 $11) 16. Nxe6 Qxe6
17. e3 $14) 15... Bc8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ne6 18. Nf3 f4 19. b5 g5 20. bxc6
bxc6 21. Ba3 c5 22. Nb5 fxg3 23. hxg3 Ng4 $2 (23... Qe7 24. Ne1 Nc7 25. Na7 Bd7
26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. Bxc6 Qe6 28. Bc1 h6 29. Nd3 Qh3 30. Bg2 Qh5 31. f3 $11) 24.
Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 25. Nxd6 Qh5 26. Rd1 Nd4 $2 {Diagram #} (26... Bd4 27. Rxd4 $1
Nxd4 28. Qe4 Nxf3+ (28... Nf6 29. Qe7 Nc6 30. Qe3 g4 31. Ng5 Bd7 32. Nde4 Nxe4
33. Bxe4 Re8 34. Bd5+ Kg7 35. Bb2+ Kh6 36. Ne6+ Kg6 37. Be4+ Kf7 38. Qf4+ Kg8
39. Qf6 $18) 29. exf3 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Nf6 31. Qe3 Bh3 32. Qxg5+ Kh8 33. Bxh3 Qxh3+
34. Kg1 Qh5 35. Qxh5 Nxh5 36. f4 Kg8 37. Bxc5 $18) 27. Qe4 $1 Nxf3+ 28. exf3
Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Nf6 30. Qe7 Bh3 31. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 h5 33. Ne4 $1 Qf5 (33...
Nxe4 34. Rd7 $1 Qxd7 35. Qxd7 Nf6 36. Qf5 $18) 34. Bb2 $1 Ne8 (34... Qxf3 35.
Rd7 $1 Ne8 36. Bxg7 $18) 35. Bxg7 Nxg7 36. Rd7 Qg6 37. Rd6 $1 Qf7 38. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Continental Open"]
[Site "Wuerzburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blatny, P."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Akobian Varuzhan"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.06.08"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. g3 d5 2. f4 h5 3. Nf3 h4 4. Nxh4 (4. Bg2 h3 5. Bf1 Nc6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nf6
$15) 4... Rxh4 5. gxh4 e5 6. d3 (6. e3 $4 Qxh4+ 7. Ke2 Bg4+ $19) 6... Qxh4+ 7.
Kd2 exf4 8. c3 Nc6 9. Kc2 Bc5 10. Nd2 Nge7 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nf3 Qf6 13. Rb1 Nf5
14. Bg2 Bd7 15. b5 Nce7 16. Qg1 a6 17. b6 Rc8 18. Bd2 Qe6 (18... Ba4+ 19. Kb2
cxb6 20. Qxb6 Ne3 $1 21. Bh3 Nc2 $19) 19. Nd4 Nxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qxe2 (20... Be5
21. Qf2 Ba4+ 22. Kb2 cxb6 23. d4 Bd6 24. Rhe1 Qg6 $15) 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5
Ba4+ 23. Rb3 Kf8 24. Re1 Qg4 25. bxc7 Bxc7 26. h3 Qg3 (26... Qxh3 $2 27. Rh1
Qg4 28. Rh8+ Ke7 29. Qe4+ Kf6 30. Qxa4 Rxh8 31. Rxb7 $14) 27. Qxb7 Rd8 28. Qe4
(28. Qxc7 Qxd3+ 29. Kb2 Qxd2+ 30. Ka3 Bxb3 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. axb3 Rc8 $19) 28...
Kg8 29. Rf1 Bc6 $1 $17 30. Qc4 (30. Qxc6 Qxd3+ 31. Kb2 Qxf1 32. Qxc7 Rxd2+ 33.
Ka3 Rd5 $19) 30... Bg2 31. Re1 Bd6 32. Qa4 Bf8 33. Qxf4 (33. c4 f3 34. Re3 Qxh3
35. Rb1 Qc8 $17) 33... Qxd3+ 34. Kc1 Bxh3 35. Qe3 Qd7 36. Rh1 Be6 $19 37. Rh2
Qa4 38. Qb6 Ba3+ 39. Kb1 Qe4+ 40. Ka1 Rxd2 $1 41. Qb8+ (41. Rxd2 Qe1+ 42. Rb1
Qxd2 43. Qb8+ Bf8 $19) 41... Bf8 42. Rb4 Rd1+ 43. Kb2 Rb1+ 44. Ka3 Rxb4 (44...
a5 $4 45. Rh8+ Kxh8 46. Qxf8+ Kh7 47. Rxe4 $18) 0-1

[Event "30th  World Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanov, A."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Akobian Varuzhan"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. h4 b5 13. h5 Qc7 (13... b4 14.
Na4 (14. Ne2 a5 $13) 14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 $5 16. b3 Bb7 $13) 14. h6 g6 15.
Kb1 b4 16. Na4 (16. Ne2 a5 17. g4 Ba6 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Ng3 Rfc8 $11) 16...
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 a5 18. Bb5 Rb8 19. c4 $1 (19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Nc5 (20. Qc5 Rfc8 21.
Qe7 Bxa4 22. Qf6 Bxc2+ 23. Ka1 Kf8 $19) 20... Bb5 21. Nb3 Rfc8 $15) 19... bxc3
20. Nxc3 Nb6 21. Rc1 Qe7 22. a4 (22. g4 Bd7 23. Ba6 a4 24. Rhd1 Rfd8 $11) 22...
Bd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Ka2 (24. b3 Rb7 25. Nb5 Nc8 26. Rh3 Na7 27. Nxa7 Rxa7 28.
Rhc3 Rb7 29. Ka2 Rb4 $11) 24... Nc4 (24... Rb7 25. b3 Nc8 26. Nb5 Na7 $11) 25.
Nb5 {Diagram #} Rxb5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. b3 Nb6 (27... Rb8 28. Rh3 $14) (27... a4
$2 28. bxc4 Qb3+ 29. Ka1 Qa3+ 30. Kb1 Rb8+ 31. Kc2 Qa2+ 32. Kd1 Qxg2 33. Rg1
Qf3+ 34. Ke1 $18) 28. Rc5 Qe2+ 29. Qb2 Qe3 30. Qc1 $138 Qe2+ $138 31. Qb2 Qe3
32. Rxa5 (32. Qc1 Qe4 33. Rc6 Qxg2+ 34. Ka1 (34. Ka3 Nd7 35. Rc7 Nb6 36. Rc6
$11) 34... a4 35. Rxb6 axb3 36. Rxb3 Ra8+ 37. Ra3 Rxa3+ 38. Qxa3 Qxh1+ 39. Kb2
Qxh6 $19) 32... Qxf4 33. Rc1 d4 (33... Nd7 34. Ra4 Qg5 35. Rc7 Nxe5 36. Raa7
Qe3 $17) 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Rb5 $2 (35. Qd2 Qh4 36. Ra6 Nd5 37. Qxd4 Qxh6 38. Kb2
Qh2 $13) 35... Ra8+ 36. Kb1 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "30th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2002.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow, A."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Akobian Varuzhan"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.06.29"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. a3 Bg4 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa2 Nc4 15.
Bc1 $6 (15. Nxd5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qd7 17. Rad1 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bf6 $44) 15... Rc8
16. h3 Bh5 17. Rd1 Bc5 $1 $15 18. Nxd5 $2 (18. g4 Bxg4 $1 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Bf4
Nxf2 $1 21. Kxf2 Qh4+ 22. Kf3 (22. Bg3 Bxd4+ 23. Kf1 Qxg3 24. Rxd4 Ne3+ $19)
22... Re3+ $1 23. Bxe3 Ne5#) (18. b3 Nxa3 19. Bxa3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxc3 21. e3 a6
22. Bb4 Rc6 $15) 18... Nxd5 19. g4 (19. Qxc4 Bxe2 $1 20. Qxe2 (20. Nxe2 Bxf2+
21. Kxf2 Rxc4 22. Rxd5 Qf6+ $19) (20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd1 $19) 20... Rxe2
21. Nxe2 Qf6 $1 $19) 19... Ndb6 20. gxh5 Rxe2 $1 21. Bg5 {Diagram #} (21. Nxe2
Qxd1+ 22. Bf1 Qd5 $17) 21... Rxb2 $2 (21... Qxd4 $1 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Bc1 (23.
Rf1 Rxb2 24. Qa1 hxg5 $19) 23... Rxf2 24. Kh1 Re8 25. Qb3 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Be5+ $19
) 22. Bxd8 Rxa2 23. Bxb6 (23. Rxa2 Rxd8 $19) 23... Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bxb6 25. Nf5
Rc5 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nd5 Ra5 28. a4 Bc5 29. Rb1 b6 30. Nc3 Nd6 31. Bf3 Bd4 $6 (
31... a6 32. Bc6 Bd4 33. Ne2 Rg5+ 34. Kf1 Bc5 35. Ng3 Re5 $17) 32. Nb5 Nxb5 33.
axb5 Ra2 34. Rf1 Rb2 (34... a6 35. bxa6 Rxa6 36. Rd1 Ra4 37. Bc6 Rc4 38. Bd5
Rb4 39. Kg2 Bc5 $17) 35. Bc6 Ke7 36. Kg2 Kd6 37. Be8 Re2 $2 (37... Ke6 38. Kf3
Kf6 39. Rd1 Rxf2+ 40. Kg3 Bc5 41. Rd7 Ke6 42. Rxa7 f5 $17) 38. Bxf7 Re5 39. Rd1
Ke7 $6 (39... Kc5 40. Bg6 Re2 41. Rc1+ Kb4 42. Rb1+ Ka5 43. Rd1 Rxf2+ 44. Kg3
Bc5 45. Be8 Ra2 46. Rd8 Kb4 47. Ra8 Bd4 $15) 40. Bc4 Bc5 41. Rd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "30th World Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Smirin, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Akobian Varuzhan"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 (9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Rd1 c6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 Ndc5 13. Qa3 f5 14. Na4
$14) 9... Rxd8 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Nd2 (11. Rad1 Nc5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rd2 c6 $11)
11... c6 12. Nb3 Nc7 13. Rfd1 Ne6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Bf3 $6 (15. f3 Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2
Be6 17. c5 Red8 18. Na5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rb8 20. a4 Nd7 21. b4 f5 22. b5 $14)
15... h5 16. Na5 Ng4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 (17... Bxg4 18. f3 Bc8 19. c5 $14) 18. b4 $6
(18. c5 Ne6 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Rd2 Be6 21. Nd6 Re7 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Ne2 $14)
18... Ne6 19. b5 Nd4 20. Nb3 (20. Rab1 f5 21. Nb3 Rd8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Bg5 Rd6
24. Nc5 Kf7 25. Nb7 Rd7 (25... Bxb7 $6 26. Rxb7+ Kg8 27. Kf1 Bf8 28. c5 Re6 29.
Na4 $14) 26. Nc5 Rd6 $11) 20... Rd8 21. Rd2 Be6 22. bxc6 $6 (22. Nc5 $1 Bxc4
23. Nxb7 cxb5 (23... Rdc8 24. Nd6 cxb5 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rad1 $11) 24. Nxd8
Rxd8 25. Rb1 a6 26. a4 $11) 22... bxc6 23. Rad1 Bxc4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bxd4 Bh6
26. Rb2 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Rb4 Bf7 29. h3 gxh3 30. gxh3 Bh5 31. Rdb1 Bd2 32.
Be5 $138 Re8 33. R1b2 Be1 34. Bf6 Kf7 (34... Rf8 35. Rb1 Rae8 36. Kf1 Bxf2 (
36... Be2+ 37. Kxe1 Bd3+ 38. Kd2 Bxb1 39. Bd4 Rd8 40. Kc1 a5 41. Ra4 Be4 42.
Bc5 Rf7 43. Rxa5 $15) 37. Kxf2 Rxf6 38. Rh4 Bg6 39. Ra4 $15) 35. Bd4 Rad8 36.
Rc2 Bf3 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. Be3 $1 Rg8 (38... Rd3 39. Ne2 $1 Rd1 40. Kh2 a6 41.
Rb6 Bxf2 42. Bxf2 Bxe2 43. Rcxc6+ Kg5 44. Bg3 $11) 39. Rb1 Kh7+ (39... Kf7+ 40.
Kf1 Rh8 $1 41. Rb7+ Kg8 42. Nd5 Bxd5 (42... Rxd5 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7+ Kf8 45.
Rb8+ Kf7 46. Rb7+ Ke6 47. Rxc6+ Rd6 48. Rxd6+ Kxd6 49. Bf4+ Ke6 50. Rb3 Bd2 51.
Rxf3 Bxf4 52. Rxf4 Rxh3 $11) 43. Kxe1 Rxh3 44. Bg5 Re8+ 45. Kd2 a5 $15) 40. Kf1
Rg7 41. h4 $1 Rg4 (41... Bxc3 42. Rxc3 Rgd7 43. Re1 Rd1 44. Rc1 $11) 42. Bg5
Re8 {Diagram #} 43. Rb7+ Kg8 44. Re7 $1 Rxe7 45. Bxe7 Bxc3 46. Rxc3 Bd5 47. Rg3
(47. a3 Bc4+ 48. Ke1 Kf7 49. Bg5 $11) 47... Bxa2 48. Rxg4+ fxg4 49. Ke2 Kf7 50.
Bc5 a5 51. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "30th  World Open Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Onischuk, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Akobian Varuzhan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Bb7 8.
Bd3 Bxg2 9. Rg1 Bb7 10. e4 Ne8 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Nc6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 e5 15.
d5 Nd4 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. Ne2 (17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 c5 19. dxc6 dxc6 20. Nxd4
Ng7 21. f4 Rad8 22. Nc2 f5 23. e5 Ne6 24. Ne3 $14) 17... Nb3+ 18. Kb1 Nc5 19.
Bc2 a5 20. Rg2 Ba6 21. Rdg1 Bxc4 22. Ng3 Kh8 23. Qh4 Ng7 24. Bh6 Rg8 25. Bxg7+
Qxg7 (25... Rxg7 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. Rxg7 Qxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Qg3+ Kh8 30. Qc3
Bb5 31. f4 Re8 32. b4 $1 axb4 33. axb4 Na6 34. exf5 $16) 26. Nf5 Qf7 $2 (26...
g5 27. Qg3 Qf8 28. h4 $13) (26... Qf8 27. Rxg6 Rxg6 28. Rxg6 $18) 27. Nh6 Qg7
28. Nxg8 Rxg8 29. f4 exf4 30. Qxf4 d6 31. h4 Nd7 (31... f5 32. exf5 Nd3 33.
Bxd3 Bxd3+ 34. Ka1 Bxf5 35. h5 $16) 32. Rf2 Ba6 33. Rh1 Rf8 34. h5 g5 35. h6
Qg6 (35... Qe7 36. Qe3 Ne5 37. Rg1) 36. Qg3 Ne5 37. Qc3 Qf7 38. Rg1 Qe7 $2 {
Diagram #} (38... Rg8 39. Ka1 Rg6 40. Qh3 Qd7 41. Qh5) 39. Rxg5 $1 fxg5 40.
Qxc7 $3 Nd7 (40... Rxf2 41. Qxe7 Rf1+ 42. Ka2 $18) 41. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, A."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Akobian Varuzhan"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Nxe4 (11. Na4 b6 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14.
Nxb2 bxc5) 11... dxe4 12. Nd2 Bg4 $5 (12... Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxe4 (14. e3
Nf3+ 15. Nxf3 exf3 16. Qxf3 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Rd2 Be6 $11) 14... Bg4 15. f3
Bf5 16. e3 Bxe4 17. exd4 Bc6 18. dxc5 $14) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nxe4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4
cxd4 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Nc5 Bg6 20. b4 $5 (20. Nd3 Be4
$11) 20... b6 21. Na6 $6 (21. Nb7 Qxb7 22. b5 Qe7 23. bxc6 Be4 $11) (21. Nd3
Be4 $11) 21... Ne5 (21... Be4 $2 22. Bxe4 (22. b5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Ne5 24. Rxc8
Rxc8 25. Qxd4 $14)) 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. f4 (23. Qxd4 Nd3 24. Rf1 Qxe2 25. Qd7 Rf8
26. Qb5 Be4 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 $15) 23... Nc4 24. Qxd4 Ne3 25. Bf3 $6 (25. Qe5 Qxe5
26. fxe5 Rc2 27. a4 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 h5 $15) 25... f6 $1 {Diagram #} (25... h6 26.
Qe5 Qxe5 27. fxe5 $11) (25... Nc2 $2 26. Rc1 Nxd4 27. Rxc8+ Qf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8
29. Kf2 $16) 26. Qb2 Nc2 27. Rd1 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qf2 29. Qb3+ Bf7 30. Qd3 (30. Bd5
Ne3 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Rg1 (32. Bd5 Nxd1 33. Qxd1 Qe3 34. Nc5 bxc5 35. Bb7 Re8
36. Bc6 Qe6 37. Bxe8 Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Qxg3+ 39. Kh1 Kxe8 40. bxc5 Qxf4 $17) 32...
Rc1 $19) 30... Ne3 31. Qd7 (31. Rg1 Be6 32. Nc7 Bxh3 $17) 31... Rf8 32. Rg1 Nf1
33. Qg4 $4 (33. Rg2 Nxg3+ 34. Kh2 Nf1+ 35. Kh1 Qh4 36. Qg4 Qh6 37. Rg1 Ne3 38.
Qg3 Bxa2 $17) 33... Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Shulman, Y."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Akobian Varuzhan"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Bd2 (9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Qc7 $11) 9... cxd4 10.
exd4 b6 11. a3 (11. d5 Nc5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 $11) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3
Bb7 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 e5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7
19. Ng3 Qe6 20. a4 Rfd8 21. Qa6 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Nf5 g6 24. Ne3 Rcc8 25.
g4 exd4 26. cxd4 Nf6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rb1 (28. d5 Kf8 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Rd4 h6
31. Kf1 $11) 28... Rd8 29. Rb4 h5 30. h3 Nd5 31. Rc4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Kg7 33. Kg2
Kf6 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. Ke4 Nf6+ 36. Kd3 Rd7 37. Rc8 Nd5 38. Re8+ Ne7 (38... Re7
39. Rd8 Nxe3 40. fxe3 f5 41. g5 $14) 39. Ke4 $1 f6 40. d5+ Kf7 41. Ra8 g5 42.
Kd4 Nc6+ 43. Kc4 Ne7 44. Rh8 Kg7 45. Ra8 Kf7 46. Rh8 Kg7 47. Rh1 $1 Kg6 {
Diagram #} 48. Kb5 $6 (48. Rd1 $1 Kf7 49. Kb5 Rd6 50. Ka6 Rd7 51. d6 Ng6 52.
Nc4 Nf8 53. Kb5 Ne6 54. Kc6 $18) 48... Nxd5 49. Kc6 Nxe3 50. Kxd7 Nxg4 51. Rf1
Ne5+ 52. Kc7 Nd3 53. Kb8 Nc5 54. Ra1 Kf5 (54... a6 55. Ka7 b5 56. a5 b4 57. Kb6
Ne4 58. Kxa6 b3 59. Rb1 Nxf2 60. Kb6 Ne4 61. a6 $18) 55. Kxa7 Kf4 56. Kxb6
Nxa4+ 57. Rxa4+ Kf3 58. Kc5 f5 (58... Kxf2 59. Kd5 f5 60. Ke5 f4 61. Ke4 f3 62.
Ra2+ Kg3 63. Ke3 g4 64. Ra4 Kh4 65. Kf2 Kh3 66. Ra8 $18) 59. Kd4 f4 60. Ra3+
Kxf2 61. Ke4 Kg2 62. Rb3 f3 (62... Kf2 63. Kf5 f3 64. Kg4 $18) 63. Rxf3 g4 64.
Ra3 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, H."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Akobian Varuzhan"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Be3 (8. Bh4 c5) (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O) 8... Nd5 9. Bd3 Nxe3
10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 (11. O-O Qe7 12. c3 Bd7 13. Qb3 O-O-O $11) 11... e5 $1 12.
dxe5 (12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qg5 $15) (12. c3 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4+ 14. Kf2 O-O
15. Rf1 Bg4 $15) 12... Bc5 13. Bc4 (13. Bb5+ c6 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 $11)
13... Qe7 14. Qd2 O-O 15. O-O-O c6 16. Rhf1 b5 17. Bb3 a5 18. a3 (18. c3 a4 19.
Bc2 Be6 20. Kb1 b4 $15) (18. a4 Ba6 19. Rh1 Rfd8 $15) 18... a4 19. Ba2 b4 20.
axb4 a3 $5 (20... Bxb4 21. c3 Bc5 22. Nd4 Bg4 23. Rde1 Qxe5 24. Nxc6 $13) 21.
b3 $2 (21. c3 axb2+ 22. Qxb2 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. bxc5 Rfb8 25. Nd4 Qc4 26.
Qc2 Ra1+ 27. Kd2 Ra2 $15) (21. bxc5 $1 axb2+ 22. Kxb2 Qa7 23. Bb3 Qa3+ 24. Kc3
Qa5+ 25. Kb2 Qa3+ $11) 21... Bxb4 22. c3 Ba5 (22... Qc5 $1 23. Kc2 Ba6 24. Rfe1
Rad8 25. Qe3 Rxd1 26. Qxc5 Bd3+ 27. Kxd1 Bxc5 28. Nd4 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Rd8 30. d5
cxd5 31. exd5 Rxd5 $15) 23. b4 $6 (23. Qd6 Qa7 24. b4 Ba6 25. e6 Bxf1 26. Rxf1
Rad8 27. exf7+ Kh8 $13) 23... Bc7 24. Nd4 Qxe5 25. Nxc6 (25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rf1
Be6 $1 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 29. Kc2 a2 30. Qd7 Rc1+ 31. Kd2 Rd1+ 32.
Kxd1 a1=Q+ $19) 25... Qe8 26. Nd4 (26. b5 Bg4 27. Rde1 Bxh2 28. e5 Bg3 29. Re4
Be6 $15) 26... Bg4 27. Rde1 Be5 28. h3 Be6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rf5 (30. Rxf8+
Kxf8 31. Rf1+ Kg8) 30... Bf6 31. Kb1 (31. Qd6 Kh7 32. Qxe6 Bxc3 33. Qxe8 Rfxe8
34. Re2 Bxb4) 31... Kh8 32. Rf3 Be5 33. Rd1 (33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Qd3 Rc8 35. Rf1
Qe8 36. Bc4 Qc6 $15) 33... Qc6 34. Rd3 (34. Qd7 Qxe4+ 35. Qd3 Qh4 36. Qc4 Qg5
37. Qg4 Qxg4 38. hxg4 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Bxc3 $15) 34... Rac8 35. c4 (35. Qe3 Qa4
36. Rg1 Rc6 37. g4 Rfc8 $17) 35... Qb6 $1 36. c5 Rxc5 37. Rxa3 (37. Rd8 Rc8 38.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 $19) 37... Rcc8 38. Rd3 Kh7 $1 {Diagram #} (38... Rf2 39. Rd8+ Kh7
40. Rxc8 Rxd2 41. Rxd2 Qxb4+ 42. Kc2 Qa4+ 43. Bb3 Qxe4+ $17) 39. Rb3 Rf2 40.
Qd3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Browne, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Akobian Varuzhan"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. b3 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 Nf6 12. Qh4 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qh3
a6 15. Rfe1 $14) 9... Nc6 10. Be3 (10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 (11. bxc4 $2 Nxd4 12.
Nxd4 Qxd4 $17) 11... O-O 12. d5 Na5 13. dxe6 Nxc4 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. bxc4 Qxd1
16. Rfxd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rc8 $11) 10... Rc8 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qd2 (12. Ne5 dxc4
13. bxc4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 Ba3 16. Rb1 Bc5 $11) 12... Nb4 13. Be2 Ne4 (
13... dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nc6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Ne4) 14. Qb2 a6 15. a3 Nc6
16. Rfd1 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Qd6 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxc5 Qb8 20. Qb1 h6 21. b4 e5 22.
Rxd5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd5 24. Nf5 Rfe8 25. Bxa6 Rc6 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Bg5 28.
Qe4 Ra6 29. h4 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Qa8 31. Rg4 Rg6 32. Qg3 Kh7 33. h5 Rxg4 34. Qxg4
Rg8 35. Nd6 g6 36. Qf3 Qxf3 37. gxf3 gxh5+ 38. Kh2 Rd8 39. b5 Kg6 1-0

[Event "New York Masters G-30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Yudasin, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Akobian Varuzhan"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 b6 8. e4
Bb7 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. f4 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. fxe5 $2 (13. Ba3 $1 Re8
(13... exd4 14. Bxd6 Nc5 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. e5 $18) (13... exf4 14. Rxf4 Qc7 15.
Nf5 $18) 14. Bxd6 exd4 15. e5 $18) 13... dxe5 14. d5 Ne8 15. Nf5 Bc8 16. Rf3 (
16. Qg4 f6 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rf3 Qc7 20. Rb1 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nd6 22.
Rh3 $13) 16... Nc5 17. Nh6+ $6 (17. Ba3 Nd6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 $11) 17... gxh6 18.
Bxh6 Qd6 19. Rg3+ (19. Qd2 f5 20. Rg3+ Kh8 21. Qg5 Qf6 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. exf5
$13) 19... Kh8 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Qh5 f6 22. Rf1 Bd7 23. Bc2 $2 (23. Qxe5 $1
Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Qc5+ 25. Qd4 Rc8 (25... Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Rc8 27. Rf3 Kg7 28. Ra3
Rc7 29. d6 Rb7 30. Rb3 $11) 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. e5 fxe5 28. Rg3 $18) 23... Qe7
24. Qh4 Nd6 25. Rgf3 (25. Rxf6 Ndxe4 (25... Ncxe4 26. Rf4 Qxh4 27. Rxh4 Nxg3
28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Rxd7 Nge4 $17) 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxf6 28. Rf3 Qg7 29.
Rg3 Qe7 30. d6 Qe8 31. Rg5 Rc8 32. Rxe5 Qg6 $17) 25... Rf8 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27.
Qxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rxf6 Nxc4 29. Rf7 Kg8 30. Re7 h5 (30... h6 31. h3 b5 32. Kf2 $15
) 31. Bb3 $1 b5 32. d6 $1 Kf8 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. Rxe5 Nd3 35. Re7 c3 (35... Bc6
36. Rc7 Ne5 37. Kf2 c3 38. Ke3 $14) 36. Rxd7 c2 37. Rc7 c1=Q+ 38. Rxc1 Nxc1 39.
a3 Kf7 40. Kf2 $138 Ke6 41. Kg3 Ne2+ 42. Kh4 Nc3 $6 (42... Kxd6 43. Kxh5 Nf4+
44. Kg5 Nxg2 45. h4 Ke5 46. h5 Nf4 47. h6 Ne6+ 48. Kg6 a5 49. a4 Kxe4 50. Kf6
Nf8 51. Kg7 Ne6+ 52. Kf6 $11) 43. e5 a5 $2 44. Kxh5 $16 Nb5 45. a4 $1 (45. g4
$2 Nxa3 46. g5 Nc4 47. g6 Nxe5 $19) 45... Nc3 46. g4 $1 Nxa4 47. g5 Nc5 48. g6
a4 49. Kh6 $18 Kxe5 50. g7 Kxd6 51. g8=Q Kc6 52. Qc4 1-0

[Event "CCA International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, A."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Akobian Varuzhan"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.11.26"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 (6... Bb5 $5 7.
Bxb5+ Qxb5 8. Na3 Qa6 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Nc6 11. Nb5 Kd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13.
Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nh6 15. Rad1 a6 16. Nbd4 Ke7 $11) 7. Nxd4 (7. cxd4 Bb5 (7...
Nc6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 Qb6 $13) 8. O-O Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 $14) 7...
Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O f5 $5 10. c4 Ne7 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Be3 d4 $1 13. Na4 Qa5
14. Bd2 (14. Bxd4 $2 c5 $1 15. Bc3 Qxa4 $19) 14... Qxe5 15. Re1 Qf6 16. c5 $1
Be7 17. Qb3 $1 Bc8 $1 (17... O-O 18. Qb7 $1 Rad8 19. Ba5 Bc8 20. Qxc6 Bd7 21.
Qa6 $13) 18. f4 Bd8 (18... e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 O-O 22. Be5
$13) 19. Bc4 (19. Rxe6+ Bxe6 20. Re1 Ne5 $1 21. Rxe5 (21. fxe5 Qf7 $19) 21...
Qxe5 22. fxe5 Bxb3 $19) 19... Kf7 20. Re2 Re8 21. Rae1 Bc7 22. Qf3 Bd7 23. b4
Kf8 $1 24. b5 (24. Nb2 e5 25. Qh5 e4 26. Qxh7 Be6 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 $17) (24. Bxe6
$5 Nh4 $1 (24... Bxe6 25. Qxc6 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Rxe6 Qf7 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8
29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Nb2 Kd7 32. b5 Ke6 33. Nd3 Bc7 34. Nb4 g5 $11
) 25. Qb3 d3 $1 26. Qc3 Qg6 27. Qxd3 Bxe6 $19) 24... e5 $1 25. b6 {Diagram #}
e4 $1 26. Qh5 axb6 (26... Nxf4 $1 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. Qxh7 d3 29. Rf2 Qh6 30.
Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qf7+ Kd8 $19) 27. Nxb6 (27. cxb6 Rxa4 28. bxc7 (28. Bb3 Bxb6 29.
Bxa4 d3+ $19) 28... Rxc4 $19) 27... Bxb6 28. cxb6 Be6 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 (29... Qxe6
$2 30. g4 $1 $13) 30. a4 Kg8 31. a5 c5 32. Rc1 e3 33. Qf3 Re4 34. Rxc5 (34. Be1
Qd6 35. g3 Ne7 36. Rd1 Qd5 37. Rc2 d3 $19) 34... Nxf4 35. b7 Rf8 36. Rc8 (36.
Be1 d3 37. Rxe3 Qd4 38. Rc8 Rxe3 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. b8=Q+ Re8+ $1 41. Bf2 Qa1+
$19) 36... Nxe2+ 37. Qxe2 $138 exd2 $138 38. Qxd2 (38. Qc4+ Kh8 39. b8=Q d1=Q+
40. Kf2 Qe1+ 41. Kf3 Qe3#) (38. Qxe4 d1=Q+ $19) 38... Ree8 $1 39. b8=Q (39. Qc2
Qe6 $1 40. Rxe8 Rxe8 41. h3 Qe3+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Kg1 Qb5 44. Qc7 d3 $19) 39...
Rxc8 40. Qb3+ Kh8 41. Qa4 Rfd8 42. a6 d3 {
0-1 If 43.a7Qb6+ 44.Kf1 Ra8 with idea Rxa7 -+} 0-1

[Event "Gufeld Memorial"]
[Site "Burbank USA"]
[Date "2003.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Sharavdorj, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Akobian Varuzhan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.11.22"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. c3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Bd3
cxd4 (8... O-O 9. O-O d6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 $14) 9. exd4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11.
Qe2 a6 12. a4 O-O 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Nfd2 Bf8 16. Bg3 Qc6 17. Qf1 Nh5
18. Be4 d5 19. Bf3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qc7 21. Ne3 Bc6 22. Qd3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24.
b4 Nb6 25. Nb3 Nc4 26. Qe2 g6 27. Nxc4 dxc4 28. Nc5 Bg7 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Ra1
Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Qb8 32. Qc6 Rc8 33. Qa6 e5 34. d5 Rd8 35. Qc6 Rc8 36. Qa6 Rd8 37.
Rd1 e4 38. d6 e3 39. fxe3 Bxc3 40. Qb7 Bxb4 41. Qxb8 Rxb8 42. Na6 Bxd6 43. Nxb8
1-0

[Event "Western Class Championships"]
[Site "Agoura Hills USA"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blatny, P."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.01.16"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 $5 (4... d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Bxd4 (6.
exd4 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5
13. c4 $11) 6... Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O c5 10. Bb2 Bb7 $15) 5. d4
exd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 (7. Ne2 Re8 8. O-O Bxh2+ 9. Kxh2 Ng4+ 10. Kg1 (10. Kh3
Qg5 11. Bc1 Qxb5 12. Kxg4 d6+ 13. Kg3 Qxe2 $19) 10... Qh4 $19) 7... Re8+ 8. Kf1
(8. Ne2 Ng4 9. g3 (9. h3 Qh4 (9... Nh2 $5 10. Qd3 Qg5 $15) 10. O-O Bh2+ 11. Kh1
d5 $1 $40) 9... Qf6 10. O-O Qh6 11. h4 Bxg3 $1 12. Nxg3 (12. fxg3 Qe3+ 13. Kg2
Qe4+ 14. Kh3 Ne3 $19) 12... Qxh4 13. Kg2 Qh2+ 14. Kf3 d5 $19) 8... b6 $1 9. Nd2
Bb7 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. Nc4 Ng6 (11... Bf4 $5 12. Nh3 Ned5 13. Nd2 (13. Nxf4 $2
Nxf4 $17) 13... Bh6 14. c4 Nf4 15. Nxf4 Bxf4 16. d5 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 $17) 12.
Nxd6 cxd6 13. Bc1 (13. Nh3 Nh4 14. Rg1 Be4 15. d5 Bxd5 $15) (13. c4 d5 14. Nf3
dxc4 15. bxc4 d5 $17) 13... Qc7 14. h4 Qc3 15. Bg5 $1 (15. Rb1 $2 Qxd4 16. Bb2
(16. h5 Qd5 17. Nf3 Ne5 18. Be2 Qxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Nxf3 20. gxf3 (20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Rac8 $17) 20... h6) 16... Qd5 $17) 15... Ng4 (15... Nh5 $5) 16. Nf3 (16.
h5 Ne7 17. Rh4 f5 $13) 16... h5 $1 (16... Rac8 17. h5 Ne7 18. Qe1 Nd5 19. Qxc3
Nxc3 20. Rh4 $14) 17. Bd2 Qc6 18. Rh3 b5 19. a4 (19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 d5 21. c5
Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 23. Kg1 Re2 24. Be1 Rae8 $17) 19... b4 $1 20. Kg1 (20. Bxg6
fxg6 21. Bxb4 Ba6+ 22. Kg1 Re2 23. c4 Rxf2 24. Qe1 Rb8 $13) (20. Bxb4 Nf4 21.
Bb5 Qb6 22. Rg3 a6 23. Qd2 axb5 24. Qxf4 bxa4 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Bxd6 Ra6 $13
27. Ba3 axb3 28. cxb3 Rea8 $19) 20... a5 21. Bb5 (21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rc1 Qa6 23.
c4 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Re2 25. Rc2 Rae8 $13) 21... Qe4 22. Bxd7 Re7 23. Bb5 Qf5 $1
24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Qf1 (25. c4 bxc3 (25... Be4 $1 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bd2 Bd3 $44) 26.
Rxc3 Rxc3 27. Bxc3 Nf4 28. Rg3 Qxb5 $1 29. axb5 Ne2+ 30. Qxe2 $1 (30. Kf1 Nxg3+
31. Kg1 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nxc3 33. Qa1 Nxb5 34. Qxa5 Nc7 $17) 30... Rxe2 31. Nd2 $1
$14) 25... Nf4 26. Rg3 (26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Nxe1 (28. Qxe1 Bxf3 29.
gxf3 Nf6 30. Qd1 Qf5 31. Rg3 Qxc2 32. Qxc2 Rxc2 33. Bc4 d5 34. Bd3 Rd2 35. f4
Kf8 $19) 28... Qxd4 $17) 26... g6 $1 27. Nh2 $6 (27. c3 bxc3 (27... Rec7 $6 28.
cxb4 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 axb4 30. Bd2 $16) 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Bxc3 Bc6 30. Ba6 Bb7 31.
Bc4 Bd5 $11) 27... Nxh2 28. Kxh2 Qf6 29. Rg5 Qxd4 30. Be3 Qf6 (30... Qe4 31.
Rg3 Rec7 32. Ba6 Bxa6 33. Qxa6 Nd5 $15) 31. Bxf4 $2 (31. Qd1 Re5 32. Bf1 Rxg5
33. hxg5 Qe5 $15) 31... Qxf4+ 32. g3 Qf3 $1 $19 33. Bd3 Rce8 34. Bxg6 $138 (34.
Rb5 Re1 35. Rxe1 Rxe1 $1 36. Rxb7 Rxf1 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Bxf1 Qxf2+ 39. Bg2 Qxc2
$19) (34. Qg1 Re1 35. Rxe1 Rxe1 36. Bf1 Qd1 $19) 34... fxg6 35. Rxg6+ Kh7 36.
Rxd6 Re2 37. Rd7+ Kh8 38. Rxb7 Rxf2+ 39. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Blatny, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian "]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "27.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 f5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 Ne7 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. cxd5 $1 Nxd5 (9... exd5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Qxf5 Qb4+ 12. Nbd2 Qxb2 13.
Qe6+ Kd8 14. O-O Rf8 15. Qg4 $16) (9... cxd5 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Ne2 Nc6
13. a3 Nf6 14. b4 Bd7 15. Qc5 $14) 10. a3 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 $1
Kh8 14. Rfc1 Qe7 15. Rab1 $1 {to prevent c5} Rac8 16. Nc4 g5 {too risky} (16...
N5f6 $142 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Be2 Rc7 21. Bf3 Rfc8 22.
Qa4 $16 {with the lots of pressure on c6}) 17. Nce5 g4 18. Nxd7 $1 gxf3 (18...
Qxd7 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Qa4 $16) 19. Nxf8 Qg5 (19... Rxf8 20. gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Kf1
Rg8 22. Ke2 $18) (19... fxg2 20. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 21. Bxf5 Qf7 22. Bxc8 Bxc8 23.
Qxc6 $18) 20. g3 Rxf8 21. e4 $1 {
white needs to open some lines in order to activate the rooks} fxe4 (21... Nf4
22. exf5 exf5 23. Re1 $18) 22. Bxe4 Nf4 23. Re1 Qg4 24. Re3 Nh3+ (24... Ne2+
25. Rxe2 fxe2 26. b5 $1 Qg7 27. bxc6 Ba6 28. Qc3 $18) 25. Kf1 Ng5 26. h4 $1 {
going into the forced line which leaves black in the hopless rook endgame} (26.
Ke1 Qh3 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Qxh2 29. Qb5 $18) 26... Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Ba6+ $1
28. Kg1 (28. Ke1 $4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Bd3 $19) 28... Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Bd3 30. Rbe1
Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Rf6 32. g4 $1 {with idea of Kh2 Kg3} Kg7 33. Kh2 Kf7 34. Kg3 Ke7
35. Rf4 Rg6 36. g5 {
gaining more space and taking away more squars from the rook} Kd6 37. Kxf3 e5
38. dxe5+ Kxe5 39. Rf7 h5 (39... h6 40. Kg4 {with idea of f4,f5+-}) 40. Ke3 Kd5
41. Kd3 Re6 42. f4 {. 1-0 Akobian,V-Blatny,P/Chicago Open 2004 2004/ [Akobian
Varuzhan] (42) whites 2 coneccted passed pawn will simple decide the outcome
of the game.} 1-0

[Event "32nd World Open "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, A."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.11.25"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 {This was the 5th
time we played the same opening in past year and half and before I tried
different moves like 6...cd or early 5...Bd7 with idea of cxd and Bb5 .In this
game i decided to try 6..c4} 7. Nbd2 Na5 {idea to stop b4 break} 8. h4 Bd7 9.
h5 f5 $5 {my point was to gain some space in the kingside so it would be more
difficult for white to attack in the future.} 10. Rb1 {if} (10. exf6 gxf6 11.
Be2 Bd6 12. O-O Ne7 {
with idea of 0-0-0 and e5 Rhg8 black has a very good attcking chances}) 10...
Nh6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O Rc8 {main idea of this move to prevent b4} 13. Re1 (13.
b4 cxb3 14. Nxb3 Ba4 15. Nfd2 Rxc3 {black wins}) 13... Nf7 14. Qc2 {
white is prepearing b4} Qc7 $1 {again preventing b4} 15. Nh2 (15. b4 cxb3 16.
Nxb3 Ba4 17. Nfd2 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 {
black is pawn up without any compensation}) 15... g5 $1 16. Nhf1 (16. hxg6 {
is too dangerous for white} hxg6 17. Nhf1 g5 18. Ra1 g4 19. Ne3 Ng5 {
with a big advantage for black}) 16... g4 17. Ne3 Ng5 18. Qd1 Nb3 $1 19. Bf1 (
19. Nxb3 Ba4 20. Bd2 Bxb3 21. Qc1 Ne4 $19) 19... Nxd2 20. Bxd2 Ne4 21. Bc1 {
Diagram #} (21. g3 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Bg5 23. Bg2 Ba4 24. Qe2 Qf7 {
with idea of 0-0 ,Kh8 Qxh5 and black is much better}) 21... g3 $1 {very importa
nt not to allow white to play g3 Ng2,Nf4 so his pieces will remain undevelopet}
22. f3 (22. fxg3 Nxg3 23. h6 Rg8 $17) (22. f4 O-O 23. Be2 Qa5 24. Rf1 Ba4 25.
Qe1 Bb3 {and black is slightly better}) 22... Nf2 23. Qc2 O-O 24. Be2 (24. Nd1
Nxd1 25. Rxd1 f4 $1 26. Be2 Qd8 27. Kf1 Qe8 28. h6 Qh5 29. Ke1 Be8 $19) 24...
Qd8 25. Rf1 Kh8 26. Bd2 Rg8 27. Rxf2 (27. Be1 Bg5 28. Bxf2 gxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Bh4+
30. Kg1 Bg3 31. Rf2 Qh4 {black is winning}) 27... gxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Bh4+ 29. Kg1
Bg3 $1 $19 {black is winning after this move because he has extra exchange and
still strong attack} 30. Nf1 Qh4 31. Nxg3 Qxg3 32. Bf1 Qxf3 33. h6 Rg6 34. Re1
Rcg8 35. Bc1 Ba4 36. Qd2 Qg4 {slightly better would of been} (36... Qh5 37. Qf2
Rg4 $19) 37. Qf2 Qh5 38. Bf4 Rg4 39. Re3 (39. Be2 Rxg2+ 40. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2
Qh4 42. Rf1 Bc2 43. Kg1 Be4 $19) 39... Rh4 40. Qf3 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Rg4 {
with idea of Bd1!} 0-1

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, I."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 g4 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f4 Nd3 14. b4 a5 15.
N2b3 Nxc1 16. Qxc1 axb4 17. cxb4 Ra4 18. f5 (18. a3 Bf6 $13) 18... O-O (18...
e5 19. f6 Bxf6 20. Qh6 $16) 19. Qf4 (19. fxe6 fxe6) 19... e5 (19... exf5 20.
Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Rxb4 22. Rae1 h6 23. Rf4 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Bg5 25. Qxg4 Re8 $11)
20. Qxe5 (20. Qxg4+ Kh8 21. Nc2 Bf6 {/\ Rg8->}) 20... Bf6 21. Qe1 Re8 22. Qc3 (
22. Qd2 Bg5 23. Qc3 Re3 $17) 22... Re4 23. Rae1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxa2 25. Qg3 h5
26. Qd6 (26. h3 Bh4 $19) 26... Kg7 27. b5 (27. Nxc6 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Rb2 29. Qa4
d4 30. Qa3 d3 $19) 27... cxb5 28. c6 (28. Qxd5 Ra6 29. c6 Bxc6 30. Qxd8 Bxd8
$17) 28... Qb6 (28... Bc8 $2 29. Qxd8 Bxd8 30. Re8 Bb6 31. Rxc8 Ra4 32. c7 $18)
29. Qxd7 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 {[]} (30. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Ra1 32. Qe7 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1
Qc4 34. Qe3 Kf6 35. Qh6+ Ke5 36. Qh8+ f6) 30... Bc3 $6 $138 (30... Bf6 $1 $19
31. c7 Qf2 32. Rg1 Re2 (32... Be5 33. c8=Q Bxh2 34. Qc3+) 33. c8=Q Re1 34.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qb7+ Kf8 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qc7+ Kh6) 31. f6+ Kg6 (31... Bxf6 $1
$19 32. c7 Qf2 33. Rg1 Re2 34. c8=Q Re1 $19) 32. c7 {Diagram #} Rxg2 33. c8=Q (
33. Kxg2 Bxe1 34. c8=Q Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qf1#) (33. Rf1 Rf2 $19) 33... Rxh2+ 34.
Kxh2 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qxe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kg2 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Qg3+ 40.
Kf1 Qh3+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Qf3+ 43. Kg1 Qg3+ 44. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Qb6 $6 (
7... Bf5 8. e3 Qb6 9. Qd2 e6 10. a3) 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qd8 10. Qb3 $14 e6 11.
Nb6 Rb8 12. e3 Ne4 (12... Bd6 13. Nxc8 Qxc8 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rc2
Rfc8 17. Rfc1 $14) 13. Nxc8 Nxd2 (13... Qxc8 14. Bxa6 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Bb4 16. Bd3
Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 $16) 14. Nxd2 Bb4 15. a3 (15. Na7 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nxa7 17. Qa3
$14) 15... Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Qxc8 17. Bxa6 $1 O-O (17... bxa6 18. Rxc6 Qd8 19. Qc2
O-O 20. f4 Qa5+ 21. Ke2 Rb6 22. Rc5 Rb5 23. a4 Rxc5 24. dxc5 Rc8 25. Rc1 $16)
18. Be2 Qd7 19. Rhd1 Qd6 20. g3 (20. f4 Rfc8 21. Qb6 Ra8 22. Rc5 Rc7 23. Rdc1
$16) 20... e5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Ke1 (22. Rc5 $142 $1 Nd4 (22... Rfd8 23. Ke1
Ne7 24. Qc3 $18) 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxe2 25. Kxe2 $18) 22... d4 23. exd4
Nxd4 (23... Qe4 24. Qf3 Rfe8 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Kf1 Rxd4 27. Bf3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1
$18) 24. Qe3 $1 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Nc6 (25... Nxe2 26. Kxe2 Rbc8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28.
Rd7 b6 29. Rb7 Kf8 30. Rxb6 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Rxh2 32. a4 $18) 26. Rd7 Rfe8 27. Kf2
Re6 28. Bb5 $18 Na7 (28... Ne5 29. Rxb7 $1 Ng4+ 30. Kg1 $18) 29. Ba4 Ra6 30.
Bb3 Rf6+ 31. Ke2 Nc6 32. Bd5 (32. Rf1 Rxf1 33. Kxf1 Ne5 (33... Nd8 34. Bd5 b5
35. Ke2 $18) 34. Re7 $18) 32... Kf8 33. Bxc6 (33. b4 $1 $18) 33... bxc6 34. b4
Rh6 35. h4 Rg6 (35... Re8 36. Rc3 Rg6 37. Rc7 Rxg3 38. R7xc6 $18) 36. h5 Rxg3
37. Rxc6 Rg2+ 38. Kf3 Rg5 39. Rcc7 Rf5+ 40. Ke2 h6 41. a4 $1 Kg8 (41... Rxb4 $4
42. Rc8#) 42. b5 Rxh5 43. Rxf7 Rg5 44. Rb7 Ra8 45. Ra7 $1 Rb8 46. Rfb7 Rf8 47.
b6 Rg2+ 48. Kd3 Rf1 49. a5 Rb1 (49... Rd1+ 50. Ke4 Rg4+ 51. Kf3 $18) 50. a6 h5
51. Rxg7+ $1 (51. Rxg7+ Rxg7 52. Rxg7+ Kxg7 53. a7 Rb3+ 54. Kc4 Ra3 55. b7 Rxa7
56. b8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golod, V."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 {This game has been played in the last round and i knew if I can win i
will have a good chance to win the tournament outright.} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3
Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Nxc5 {
little surprize most popular move in this position considerd 7..Bxc5} 8. Be2 $6
{this move is not good because takes the important e2 square from c3 knight.}
a6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Re1 f5 $1 {
gaining more space and forcing white to give up the center} 12. exf6 (12. b4
Ne4 {black is slightly better}) 12... Bxf6 {
now black is threatnig Bxc3 and Rxf4} 13. Bg3 Ne4 $1 14. Qd3 (14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Nd2 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Nxe4 Bxe1 18. Qxe1 e5 $19 {
black is winning because white has no compensation for the exchange.}) 14...
Nxg3 $1 {its much more important here to get rid of the whitessstrong bishop
then doubling the pawns on q-side.} 15. hxg3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rf7 {its hard for
white to find the good plan here because black is controling the center and
his dark square bishop is very powerful} 17. Na4 {better is} (17. g4 b5 18. Bf1
g6 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. g5 Bg7 {with idea of Raf8 and black is much better}) 17...
Qa5 18. Qb3 {Diagram #} Nd4 $1 {very strong tactical shot} 19. Rxd4 (19. Nxd4
Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxe1+ {black wins}) (19. Qxb7 Bc6 $1 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. axb4 Nxe2+
22. Rxe2 Bxa4 23. b3 Bd7 {black is piece ahead}) 19... Bxd4 20. Nc3 (20. Qxb7
Rxf3 $1 21. Qxa8+ Rf8 22. Qb7 Qxe1+ {winning for black}) 20... Bxc3 {
since i am up an exchange its good to simplify} 21. bxc3 Rc8 22. Qxb7 Qxc3 23.
Kf1 Rcf8 24. Qxa6 e5 $1 {now black is winning due to the e4 which will make
white to move his knight from f3} 25. Qd3 Qa5 26. Qe3 e4 27. Nd4 Rxf2+ 28. Qxf2
Rxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qc5 30. Rd1 Ba4 31. Kf1 Qxa3 32. g4 g6 {
take away f5 square fron d4 knight} 33. Rb1 Qg3 34. Rd1 e3 35. Kg1 Bxc2 36.
Nxc2 Qf2+ 37. Kh2 Qxe2 38. Nxe3 Qxe3 39. Rxd5 h6 40. Rd8+ Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42.
Rb7 Qe4 43. Rb6+ Kg5 {very important last round victory which game me the
Cleat 1st place in the 2004 world open} 0-1

[Event "Alajuela Open 2005"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.07.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Delgado, N."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.05.17"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bg4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qd7 $11 11. h3 Bh5 12. a3 Ba5 $1 13. b4 Bb6 14. d5
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qf4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rfe8 19. Rf3 Re5 20. Raf1
Rae8 21. Qd4 b6 22. e4 Nxe4 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Nb5 Rf5 26. Qc4 $2
(26. Qd3 $1 Re7 27. Nxc7 Rxc7 28. Qxe4 Rf6 29. Qxh7 Rd7 30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. h4
Rfd6 $11) 26... Nd2 27. Qxc7+ Kg8 28. Nd6 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Nf1+ 30. Kg1 Rf8 31. Qc3
Nd2+ 32. Kh2 Re2 33. Nf5 $2 (33. Nc4 Nf3+ 34. Kg3 Ne1 35. Ne3 Re8 $1 36. Ng4 h5
$17) 33... Rxf5 34. d6 Nf1+ 35. Kg1 Ne3 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qb7+ Kg6 38. d7 Rd2
39. Qc6+ Kg5 40. Qb7 Kh6 $1 41. a4 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Nf1+ 43. Kg1 Ng3+ 44. Kh2 Rg5
0-1

[Event "HB Global"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Lugo, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 c5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. a4 (13. f4 $142 dxc4
14. bxc4 b5 15. c5 $14) 13... g6 14. f4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nd5 16. Qb3 Nxf4 $1 17.
Nxd7 (17. Rxf4 $6 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 $2 (19. Kf1 Be3 20. Rf2 Bxf2 21.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qxd2 $13) 19... Qg5 $19) 17...
Nxd3 18. Nxf8 Nxb2 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxb2 Bf6 21. Rf4 $1 (21. Nb3 Rxc4 22. Qf2
Kg7 $13) 21... Bg5 $2 (21... g5 $8 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Rf1 Qg7 24. Qc3 $14) 22.
Rg4 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Qd7 {/\ e5!} 24. h3 $1 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Rxc4 26. Rf1 Bd5 27. Qf4
(27. Qf2 $142 Rc8 28. Rf4 Qd6 29. Rf7 $18) 27... Qe7 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8
30. h4 Rxa4 31. h5 Ra5 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Qe5+ Kh7 35. Rf7+ $1 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cordova, E."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c5 3. dxc5 Nc6 4. e4 d4 5. c3 f6 6. Bh4 e5 7. Nf3 Bxc5 8. b4
Bb6 9. b5 Nce7 10. cxd4 $6 (10. Bc4 $142 $13) 10... Bg4 11. d5 Bd4 12. Nbd2
Bxa1 13. Qxa1 Qa5 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rc8 16. Qb2 Nh6 17. O-O Qc3 18. Qxc3
Rxc3 19. Bd1 Ng6 20. Bg3 Nf7 21. f3 Nf4 (21... Nd6 $142 22. Bf2 b6 $15) 22. Nb3
Nd3 (22... Nd6 23. Be1 Rc7 $17) 23. Be2 b6 24. Bxd3 Rxd3 25. Rc1 Kd7 26. Be1
Rc8 27. Rxc8 Kxc8 28. Bd2 Nd6 29. Kf1 Nxb5 30. Ke2 Rxb3 (30... Rc3 $5 31. Bxc3
Nxc3+ 32. Kd3 Nxa2 33. Kc4 Kc7 $17) 31. axb3 Nd4+ 32. Kd3 Nxb3 33. Bb4 Kd7 34.
Kc4 Nd4 35. Bf8 g5 36. Bb4 h5 (36... a5 $6 37. Bc3 b5+ 38. Kc5 b4 39. Bxd4 exd4
40. Kxd4 a4 41. Kc4 a3 42. Kb3 h5 43. g3 Kd6 44. g4 h4 45. h3 $11) 37. Bc3 Ne2
38. Bd2 h4 39. Be3 Kd6 40. Kb5 g4 $1 $19 41. Kc4 h3 $6 (41... gxf3 $142 42.
gxf3 h3 $17) 42. fxg4 hxg2 43. h4 $1 a6 (43... g1=Q 44. Bxg1 Nxg1 45. g5) (
43... b5+ $1 44. Kxb5 (44. Kb4 Ng3 45. Kxb5 Nxe4 46. Bxa7 Kxd5 47. Kb4 Nd2 48.
h5 Nf3 49. h6 Ng5 50. Kc3 Ke4 51. Kd2 Kf3 52. Ke1 Kxg4 53. Kf2 Kh5 54. Kxg2
Kxh6 $19) 44... g1=Q 45. Bxg1 Nxg1 46. h5 Nf3 47. h6 Ng5 48. Ka6 Ke7 49. Kxa7
Kf8 50. Kb7 Nxe4 $19) 44. h5 b5+ 45. Kb4 Ke7 46. h6 Kf7 47. Kc5 $2 Nc3 $19 48.
d6 Nxe4+ 49. Kc6 Nxd6 0-1

[Event "Continental Champ. ARG"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Milman, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Qb3 O-O-O 12. Bd2 Kb8 13. Rfd1 Ka8 14. Ne4 Bxd2
15. Nxd2 Nb6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qc2 Qf5 18. e4 Qf4 19. g3 Qc7 20. Nf3 Nbd7 21.
b4 Rc8 22. Ng5 Nh7 23. Nxf7 Rhf8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Ng5 (25... Qxe5 26. f4)
26. f4 Qb6+ 27. Kg2 Qe3 28. Bg4 Nxe4 29. Re1 Qd2+ 30. Qxd2 Nxd2 31. Bxe6 Rce8
32. Rad1 Rxe6 33. Rxd2 Kb8 34. h4 Kc7 35. Red1 Rf7 36. Rd6 Rfe7 37. Kf3 1-0

[Event "UTD 2005"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Simotowe, A."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2005.12.06"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Bh5 (7... e6
8. Ng3 Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nxh5 Nxh5 11. Bd3 Nhf6 12. O-O Be7 $14) (7... b4 8.
Na4) 8. Nf4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. cxd5 (10. Bd3 e6 11. O-O Bd6 12. h3 Nbd7 13.
e4 $14) 10... cxd5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 e6 13. g3 Bd6 14. Bg2 Nbd7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16.
Qd3 Qb6 17. O-O a5 18. Rac1 Ke7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 e5 $2 (
21... Qc6 $11) 22. dxe5 (22. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxd5 Qd6 25. Qxd6+
Kxd6 26. Nd3 $16) 22... Nxe5 23. Qd4 Qc6 (23... Qxd4 24. exd4 Nc6 25. Be3 Bc7
26. f3 Bb6 27. Ne2 $11) 24. Nd3 Ned7 25. Qb2 Ne4 26. Qc1 Qxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Ke6 $1
28. Bf3 Nec5 29. Nxc5+ Nxc5 30. Bd1 Be5 31. Bc2 g5 $15 32. h3 f5 33. Kf1 Bc3
34. Ke2 Kf6 35. Bd1 Ne4 36. Bc2 Ke5 37. Bd3 Nc5 38. Bc2 Nd7 39. Bd3 Ke6 40. Bc2
Nf6 41. Bd3 g4 42. hxg4 Nxg4 43. Ba6 g6 44. Bd3 Nf6 45. Ba6 Ne4 46. Bd3 Nc5 47.
Bc2 Kf6 48. Bd1 Ke5 49. Bc2 Ne6 50. Bd3 Kd6 51. Bc2 Nc5 52. Bd1 Bg7 53. Bc2 Bc3
54. Bd1 Ke5 55. Bc2 Ne4 56. Bd3 Kf6 57. Bc2 Kg5 58. Bd3 Nc5 59. Bc2 (59. e4+
Kf6 60. exd5 Nxb3 61. Be3 Nd4+ 62. Bxd4+ Bxd4 63. Bc4 Bc5 64. f4 $11) 59... Kg4
60. Kf1 Kh3 61. Kg1 Be5 $1 62. Bd2 Bb2 $1 63. Kf1 Bc3 64. Be1 (64. Bc1 Kh2 65.
g4 fxg4 66. Bxg6 (66. e4 Nxe4 67. Bf4+ Kh3 68. Bxe4 dxe4 69. Bc7 e3 70. fxe3 g3
71. Kg1 g2 $19) 66... Nxb3 $19) 64... Kh2 65. Bb1 Bxe1 66. Kxe1 Nxb3 67. Ba2
Nc5 68. Bxd5 b3 69. Kd1 g5 70. g4 (70. Kd2 Ne4+ 71. Kc1 Nxf2 72. Bxb3 Kxg3 73.
Be6 Kf3 74. Bxf5 g4 75. Bxg4+ Nxg4 76. Kd2 Ke4 77. Kc3 Nxe3 $19) 70... fxg4 71.
e4 Kg1 72. e5 Kxf2 73. Bxb3 g3 74. Bd5 g2 75. Bxg2 Kxg2 76. Ke2 g4 77. Ke3 g3
78. Kd4 Ne6+ 79. Kd5 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Merida 2005"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Escobedo, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "24"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 a6 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Nb3 Be7 (16... Ba7 17. Qg4 Qb6 18. Re2 O-O-O 19. Rc2+ Kb8 20. Nc5
$16) (16... Bb6 17. Qg4 Ne7 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd5 20. Rac1 Qa7 21. Bg3 $14)
17. Qg4 g5 (17... g6 18. Bh6 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Nc5 $16) (17... O-O 18. Bh6
g6 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Na5 $18) 18. Qe2 h5 19. Bd2 g4 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Be4 Rg8
22. Rc2 h4 23. g3 hxg3 (23... a5 24. Rec1 Ba6 25. Qd1 Qb8 26. Bf4 $16) 24. hxg3
Bg5 $2 (24... a5 25. Rec1 a4 26. Nc5 b3 27. axb3 axb3 28. Rc4 $16) 25. Nc5 (25.
Qxg4 Bxd2 26. Qxg8+ Ke7 27. Qxa8 Bxa8 (27... Bxe1 28. Qh8 $18) 28. Rxd2 $18)
25... Bxd2 (25... Be7 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Rec1 $18) 26. Qxd2 Rd8 27. Qh6 Ba8 28.
Rec1 a5 29. Rc4 Ke7 30. Qh4+ (30. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 31. Qf6+ Ke8 (31... Kf8 32. Nd7+
Rxd7 33. Rc8+ Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qxd8+ $18) 32. Na4 $3 Qb8 (32... Bxc4 33.
Nxb6 $18) 33. Rc7 Rd7 34. Rc8+ Qxc8 35. Rxc8+ Rd8 36. Rxd8#) 30... Ke8 (30...
Kf8 31. Nd7+ Rxd7 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Qxg8#) 31. Bg2 Qb8 32. Nxe6 $1
fxe6 33. Qh5+ {1-0} Kf8 (33... Ke7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Bxd5 Bxd5 36. Rf4+ Ke8 37.
Qf7#) (33... Kd7 34. Qf7+ Ne7 35. Rd1+ Bd5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Rxd5+ Qd6 38.
Rxd6#) 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rf4+ Ke7 36. Qf7+ Kd8 37. Qxg8+ Ke7 38. Rf7# 1-0

[Event "N.A. Open 2005"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Manukyan, G."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "24"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.12.27"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. e4 $2 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 $13) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Bxd8 (14. bxc3 Qxe7 $17) 14... Nxd1 15. Be7 Nxb2 16.
Bxf8 Kxf8 $17 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Rc2 Na4 19. Bf3 Ke7 20. Bd1 Kd6 21. Rcc1 Nb2 22.
Rab1 Rb6 23. Rc2 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 c5 25. f4 $6 (25. f3 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Kc5 $17)
25... cxd4 26. Rxd4 Kc5 27. Rd1 d4 28. Kf2 c3 29. Re2 Bg4 30. Re5+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "2nd LA Masters"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.02.07"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. Qe5 Rc8 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxf6 Rg8 16. Nxd4 Qa4 17. Kb1 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxg2
20. Rf4 Ke7 21. h4 e5 22. Re1 f6 23. Rb4 b6 24. f4 Rcxc2 25. fxe5 f5 26. a4 Ke6
27. a5 bxa5 28. Rb5 a4 29. Rd1 Rc6 30. Rd8 Rb6 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Rxb6 axb6 33.
Rb8 Re2 34. Rxb6 Rxe5 35. Rxh6 f4 36. Rh7+ Kf6 37. Rh8 Rf5 38. Re8 f3 39. Re1
Rf4 40. Rf1 Ke5 41. Ka2 0-1

[Event "Spring Inv"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2005.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Burnett, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 c6 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O b5
9. a3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Rc1 bxc4 12. Nxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Nce4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Na5 Nxg5 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. Na5 Rfc8 19. Qd3 Bf6 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.
Qxa6 Qxa6 22. Bxa6 Rc3 23. b5 Rxa3 24. b6 Rxa5 25. b7 Rxa6 26. b8=Q+ Kg7 27.
Qb7 Ra4 28. Rb1 h5 29. h3 Ne4 30. Qc6 Nc3 31. Rb8 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 g5 33. Qe8 Be5+
34. g3 h4 35. Qg8+ Kf6 36. Rf8 hxg3+ 37. Kg2 Kf5 38. Qxf7+ Bf6 39. Qxe7 Ne4 40.
Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Spring Inv"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Kraai, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nd2 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. e5 Ne4 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Bxd2 Na6 12. Be1 Qg5 13. h4 Qh6 14. Qc1 Qxh4
15. f3 Qd8 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4 c5 18. Qf4 cxd4 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Bh4 1-0

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2005.06.28"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 Qb6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Rad1 g6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rf3 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. Rh3 Ke7 18. Kf1 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 h5 20. Re3 Nb8 21.
Rd2 Nc6 22. Na2 Na5 23. b3 Nc6 24. c3 Na5 25. Bd1 Rhd8 26. g3 Rc7 27. Ke1 Rcd7
28. Nb4 Rc7 29. Rd4 Ra8 30. Kd2 Bc8 31. Kc2 Nb7 32. Kb2 Bd7 33. Bf3 a5 34. Nc2
Nd8 35. Rd1 Nc6 36. Be2 Rb8 37. Rc1 Kd8 38. Rd1 Rb6 39. Rd2 a4 40. b4 Rb8 41.
Ne1 Ke7 42. Nf3 Rcc8 43. Bd3 Rh8 44. Re1 Kf8 45. Rc2 Kg7 46. Kc1 Rhc8 47. Kd2
Rh8 48. Ke3 Rhc8 49. h3 Rh8 50. Rh1 Ne7 51. Kf2 Nf5 52. Rhc1 Rh6 53. g4 Ne7 54.
Kg3 Rbh8 55. Rh2 R6h7 56. Rcc2 Rh6 57. Nd4 Rb8 58. Be2 hxg4 59. hxg4 Rxh2 60.
Kxh2 g5 61. fxg5 Ng6 62. Nf3 Rh8+ 63. Kg2 Nh4+ 64. Kg3 Nxf3 65. Bxf3 Kg6 66.
Kf4 Rh3 67. Bg2 Rd3 68. Bf3 Bc6 69. Be2 Rh3 70. Bf1 Rh1 71. Rf2 Be8 72. Be2 Kg7
73. g6 fxg6 74. Bf1 Rg1 75. Rf3 Bc6 76. Kg5 d4 77. Bd3 Be8 78. Rf6 dxc3 79.
Rxe6 Rxg4+ 80. Kxg4 Bd7 81. Kf4 Bxe6 82. Ke3 Bd7 83. Bc2 Bf5 84. Bxf5 gxf5 85.
Kd3 f4 86. Kxc3 Kg6 87. Kd4 Kf5 88. Kd5 f3 89. e6 f2 90. e7 f1=Q 91. e8=Q
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, M."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 Qc7 11. Qe3 Rfd8 12. b3 Nd4 13. Ra2 Nc6 14. Bb2 Rac8 15.
Ba1 b5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Re1 Bg6 18. Bb2 Nb6 19. Raa1 c4 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. a4 Nb4
22. Rec1 c3 23. Ba3 cxd2 24. Qxd2 a5 25. Rab1 Nxa4 26. Nd4 Nc3 27. Rb3 Na4 28.
c3 Nxd3 29. Bxe7 Nxc1 30. Bxd8 Nxb3 31. Bxc7 Nxd2 32. Bxa5 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Bruzon, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
e3 c5 9. Be2 b6 10. b4 Bb7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. Rfd1 Ne8 16. Qa4 Rc7 17. Rd2 Bc6 18. Qb3 f6 19. Rad1 a5 20. Bc3 Ra8 21.
bxa5 bxa5 22. Ne1 Rb7 23. Qc2 e5 24. Nd3 Rab8 25. Ra1 a4 26. Rad1 Nf8 27. Nc1
Ne6 28. Bd3 Ng5 29. h4 e4 30. hxg5 exd3 31. Nxd3 Qe4 32. Nf4 fxg5 33. Qxe4 Bxe4
34. Ne6 Bc6 35. Nxc5 Rb1 36. Bb4 Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rc8 38. f3 Nf6 39. e4 g4 40. e5
Nh5 41. fxg4 Nf4 42. e6 Re8 43. Rd6 Ba8 44. g3 Nh3+ 45. Kf1 Ng5 46. e7 Kf7 47.
Ra6 Bf3 48. Nxa4 Bxg4 49. Nc3 Be6 50. Nd5 Ne4 51. Rxe6 Kxe6 52. Nc7+ Kd7 53.
Kg2 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Erenburg, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
Rc8 9. Ne5 (9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qd1 Bf5) 9... Nxe5 (9... e6 10. Qb3 Na5
11. Qa4+ b5 12. Bxb5+ axb5 13. Qxb5+ Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxa5 $18) 10. dxe5
Ne4 11. Nxe4 (11. Nxd5 Rxc1 12. Qxc1 Qxd5) 11... Rxc1 (11... Bxe4 12. Qa4+ Qd7
(12... b5 13. Bxb5+ axb5 14. Qxb5+ Qd7 15. Rxc8#) 13. Rxc8#) 12. Qxc1 dxe4 (
12... Bxe4 13. e6 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 fxe6 (14... Qb5+ 15. Kd1 Qa4+ 16. b3 Qxa2 17.
Qc8#) 15. f3 Bg6 16. Be5 $16 Qxa2 17. Kf2) 13. Be2 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 (14. Kf1 Bd7)
14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 e6 16. Kc3 Bc5 17. b4 Bb6 18. a4 Ke7 19. a5 Bc7 20. Rd1 f6
(20... Rd8 21. Rd4 Rxd4 (21... h6 22. h4) 22. exd4) 21. exf6+ gxf6 22. Bxc7 Rc8
23. Rd4 Rxc7+ 24. Rc4 Rd7 (24... Rxc4+ 25. Kxc4 Kd6 26. b5 (26. g4 Bg6 27. b5
Kc7 28. bxa6 bxa6 29. Kc5 Kb7 30. Kd6 Bf7 31. Ke7 Bg8 (31... Bg6 32. Kxf6) 32.
Kf8)) 25. g4 Bg6 26. h4 e5 27. Rc8 (27. h5 Bf7 28. Rxe4 Bd5) 27... h6 28. b5
Be8 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Rc6 Ra7 (30... Rd2 31. Kxd2 Bxc6 32. Bxa6 Kd6 33. Kc3 Kc5
34. Bc4 (34. Be2 Bb5 35. Bxb5 Kxb5 36. a6 Kxa6 37. Kc4 Kb6 38. Kd5)) (30... Rd2
31. Kxd2 Bxc6 32. Bxa6 Kd6 33. Kc3 Kc5 34. Bc8) (30... Rd3+ 31. Bxd3 Bxc6 32.
Bxa6) 31. Rxa6 Rc7+ 32. Kb4 Rc2 33. Bc4 Rxf2 34. Re6+ Kd7 35. a6 Rb2+ 36. Kc3 {
1-0} Rb8 37. a7 Ra8 (37... Rc8 38. Ra6) 38. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Postny, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Rc1
O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Bxc3 (10... Nd7 11. Nb5 Rfc8 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4) 11. Rxc3
Nd7 12. Qc2 e5 13. Rd1 a5 14. b3 Rae8 15. a3 exd4 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 (16.
Bxf3 exd4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Bc6 Re7 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd4)) 16. Nxd4 Nc5 $11
17. f3 Qg5 18. Qd2 Re7 (18... f5) 19. e4 Qxd2 (19... Qg6) 20. Rxd2 g6 (20...
Bxe4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Rdc2 (22. Re3) 22... Nxc3 23. Rxc3 c5) 21. b4 axb4 22.
axb4 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. c5 (26. Ra2 $14 Bc6 27.
Ra7 Re7) 26... bxc5 27. bxc5 Bc6 28. Bc4 Rf6 (28... Re7 29. cxd6 Rd7 (29...
cxd6 30. Rxd6 Be8 31. Rxg6+) 30. dxc7) 29. Ra2 dxc5 30. Ra7 Be8 31. Rxc7 Rb6 (
31... Rc6 32. Bxf7+ Bxf7 33. Rxc6) 32. Bd5 (32. Rxc5 Bc6 (32... Rc6 33. Rxc6
Bxc6) 33. Rxc6) 32... Kf8 (32... Rb5 33. Rc8 Kf8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Bc6+) 33.
Rxc5 g5 34. Rc7 h5 35. h4 gxh4 36. Kh2 Rb1 37. f4 Rf1 38. f5 Rf2 39. Kh3 f6 40.
Rb7 Rf4 41. Ra7 Rf2 42. Ra6 Ke7 (42... Kg7 43. Ra8 Bf7 (43... Bb5 44. Rg8+ Kh7
45. Rg6) 44. Ra7) 43. Ra7+ (43. Re6+ $1 Kf7 44. e5 (44. Kxh4 Rxg2 45. e5 Rg4+ (
45... Rg5 46. Rxf6+ Kg7 47. Kxg5) 46. Kxh5 Rg5+ 47. Kh4) (44. Kxh4 Rxg2 45. e5
Rh2+ 46. Kg3) 44... fxe5 45. Rxe5+ Kf8 46. Kxh4) 43... Kf8 44. Rb7 Rf4 45. Rh7
Rf2 46. Kxh4 Rxg2 47. e5 Rg7 (47... Rg4+ 48. Kh3 fxe5 49. f6) 48. Rh8+ (48.
Rxg7 Kxg7 49. e6 Kf8 50. Bf3 Ke7 51. Bxh5 Bb5) 48... Ke7 49. exf6+ Kxf6 50.
Rxe8 Kxf5 51. Bf3 Kf4 52. Bxh5 Rg4+ 53. Kh3 Rg3+ 54. Kh2 Rg7 55. Rf8+ Ke5 56.
Kh3 Ke4 57. Bg4 Ke5 58. Kg3 Re7 59. Kf3 Kd4 60. Bf5 Ke5 61. Be4 Kd4 62. Rd8+
Ke5 63. Ke3 Ke6 64. Kd4 Rd7+ 65. Bd5+ Ke7 66. Rg8 Kf6 67. Rf8+ Ke7 68. Rf1 Kd6
69. Ra1 Ra7 70. Rh1 Rh7 71. Rb1 Rg7 72. Rb6+ Ke7 73. Rh6 Rg4+ 74. Kc5 Rg7 75.
Ra6 Rg5 76. Ra7+ Kf6 77. Kd6 Rg7 78. Ra8 Rg5 79. Rf8+ Kg7 80. Rf2 Rg6+ 81. Be6
Rf6 82. Re2 Rg6 83. Ke5 Rg3 84. Bf5 Rc3 85. Rg2+ Kf8 86. Be6 Ke7 87. Rg7+ Kf8
88. Rf7+ Ke8 89. Rh7 Rf3 90. Bf5 Kd8 91. Kd6 Ke8 92. Ke6 Kd8 93. Kf6 Rf1 94.
Rd7+ Ke8 95. Rd2 Rf4 (95... Rf3 96. Re2+ Kd8 (96... Kf8 97. Rh2 Rg3 98. Rh8+
Rg8 99. Rh7) 97. Rc2) 96. Re2+ Kd8 97. Rc2 {5 moves before 50 move rule draw}
1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Kraai, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. a3
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Qe3 f5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Rd1 e5 14. d5 Ne7
15. Ng3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Be2 (17. c5 $16) 17... Qh4 18. c5 Rf6 19. d6 cxd6
20. cxd6 Rd8 21. Qc5 Bg4 22. g3 Qh5 23. Qxa5 Rdf8 24. Qd5+ R6f7 (24... Kh8 25.
Bxg4 Qxg4 26. O-O $18) 25. Bxg4 Qxg4 26. O-O h5 27. Rfe1 Kh8 28. Qxe4 Qh3 29.
Rd2 Re8 30. Qg6 Kg8 31. d7 Rd8 32. Rxe5 Rdxd7 33. Re8+ Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.
Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qxh5 Qd2 37. Qf3+ Kg8 38. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Onischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
(8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2) 8... f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Qc2 exd5 $2 (10...
Bxc3 $1 11. Bxc3 exd5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Rad1 Bb7 $13 (13... c6 $13)) 11. Nxd5
$1 $14 Na6 $6 12. Bf4 $6 (12. Rad1 $1 Nac5 (12... Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nac5 14. b4 (
14. Bf4 a5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Qf6 17. Rfd1 Nd6 18. Be3 Rae8 $14) 14... Nb7
15. a3 Nbd6 $14 16. Bf4) 13. b4 Ne6 14. Be3 $16) 12... Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nac5 14.
b4 $2 {too risky needed to play more solid} (14. Rad1 a5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4
Qf6 $11) (14. Rac1 a5 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 $14) 14... Bxa1 15. Rxa1 Nb7 (15...
Na6 16. Qc4 Qc8 17. d6+ Kh8 18. dxc7) 16. Nd4 Nbd6 17. Rd1 a5 18. f3 Nf6 19. e4
(19. b5 $1 Rc8 (19... Nxd5 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Qb3 $18) (19... Nxd5 20. Qb3) 20.
Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Qxf5 Qe7 22. Qd3 Qb4 23. e4 Qb2 24. a4 $14) 19... fxe4 20. fxe4
Nh5 21. e5 (21. Bc1) 21... Nxf4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 (22... Ne8 $2 23. Ne6 $1 $14 dxe6
24. dxe6 Qc8 25. Bxa8 Qxa8 26. e7 Rf7 27. Rd8) 23. exd6 cxd6 24. bxa5 bxa5 25.
Nf3 Qf6 26. Rd3 Qa1+ 27. Rd1 Qf6 28. Rd3 Qa1+ 29. Rd1 Qf6 30. Rd3 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zapata, A."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. a4 e5 5. a5 Qc7 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Be6 (10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 $14) 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 b5
$1 13. Kh1 a6 14. Bf3 Rfe8 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Nf1 Nf8 17. b4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Qc8 19.
Qd2 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. h3 Qc8 22. Bh2 c5 23. Ng3 (23. bxc5 dxc5 24. d5 Bd6
$17) 23... cxb4 24. Na2 d5 25. e5 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Rxe4 Qc4 28. Nc1 f5
$138 (28... Bc5 $1 29. Nb3 f5 30. Re3 (30. Ree1 Bxd4 31. Rad1 Bb6 32. axb6 Rxd2
33. Rxd2 f4 $19) 30... Rxd4 31. Nxd4 Qxd4 32. Qxd4 Bxd4 33. Rae1 Bxe3 34. Rxe3
f4 $19) 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bg1 (31. Nb3 Re2 $17) 31... Nh4 (31...
Re4 32. Nd3 Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 $17) 32. Nd3 Nf5 33. Re1 Kf7 34. Bf2 (34. Ne5+
Bxe5 35. dxe5 Rxe5 (35... Kg8 $13) 36. Qd7+ Kf6 37. Qd8+ Re7 38. Qf8+ $11) (34.
Rxe8 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Nf1+ $19) 34... Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 b3 36. Qe4 (36. Ne5+ Bxe5 37.
cxb3 Ng3+ 38. Bxg3 Bxg3 39. Qxg3 Qxd4 $11) 36... b2 $1 37. Qxf5 (37. Nxb2 Qf1+
38. Bg1 (38. Kh2 Qxf2 $19) 38... Ng3+ $19) (37. Qb7+ Ne7 38. Nxb2 Qf1+ 39. Bg1
Bxd4 $19) 37... b1=Q+ 38. Kh2 Qe6 39. Qxh7 Qf1 (39... Qxc2 40. Ne5+ Bxe5+ 41.
dxe5 Qxh7 $19) 40. Qh5+ g6 $138 (40... Kg8 $19) 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Qh6+ (42. Qxg6
Be5+ 43. Nxe5 Qxg6 44. Nxg6+ Kg7 $19) 42... Bg7 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, N."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. a4 c4 13. Be2 a5 14. h4 Bd7 15. Qf4
Bc6 16. Nh2 Nd7 17. Rhb1 (17. Ng4 h5 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. exf6 (19. Qxf6 Qxf6 20.
exf6 Kd7 $13) 19... Qd7 $15) 17... O-O-O (17... g5 $5 18. Qg4 (18. hxg5 Qxg5 $1
19. Qxg5 (19. Ke3 $13) 19... hxg5 20. Nf3 g4 21. Ng5 Rg8 22. Nh7 Ke7 23. Ke3
Rg7 $17) 18... f5 19. exf6 (19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. hxg5 Qxg5+ 21. Qxg5+ hxg5 22. Nf3
g4 23. Ng5 Ke7 $15) 19... Nxf6 $17) 18. Ng4 Qxh4 (18... h5 19. Nf6 Nxf6 20.
Qxf6 (20. exf6 Qc7 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. g3 $11) 20... Qd7 $15) 19. Qxf7 Qg5+ 20.
Ne3 (20. f4 Qf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 (21... exf5 22. Ne3 h5 23. Bf3 Nf8 24. Rb5 $1 $16
) 22. Ne3 h5 23. Rh1 h4 24. Rh2 Nb6 25. Rah1 Bxa4 26. g4 fxg4 27. Bxg4 Bd7 28.
Rxh4 Rhf8 29. Rh6 Rxf4 30. Bxe6 $16) 20... Rde8 21. f4 Qg3 22. Rf1 Rhf8 23. Qg7
Rxf4 24. Qxh6 (24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxg6 Nc5 $3 26. dxc5 d4 27. cxd4 Qxd4+ $19)
24... g5 $1 25. Rxf4 (25. Qh3 Qxh3 26. gxh3 Rxf1 27. Nxf1 Nb6 $15) 25... gxf4
26. Ng4 (26. Nf1 Qf2 $17) 26... Qxg2 $2 $138 (26... Nxe5 $3 27. Nxe5 (27. dxe5
d4 28. cxd4 c3+ 29. Kd1 Rd8 30. Qxe6+ Kb8 31. Qc4 f3 32. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 33. gxf3
Qxf3+ 34. Ke1 Qxg4 35. Qxc3 Rxd4 $19) (27. Qh3 Qxh3 28. gxh3 Nxg4 29. hxg4 Kc7
30. Rf1 Rf8 31. g5 Kd6 32. g6 e5 33. dxe5+ Kxe5 $19) 27... Qe3+ 28. Kd1 Qxc3
29. Nxc6 Qxa1+ 30. Kd2 c3+ 31. Kd3 Qc1 32. Kxc3 bxc6 $19) 27. Qxf4 Nb6 28. Ne3
Qg8 29. Bg4 Kb8 30. Rf1 Bxa4 31. Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Turin Olympiad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arbouche, M."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 Nxg5 6. hxg5 g6 7. Ngf3 Bg7
8. c3 Qxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 d5 11. e4 Be6 12. Qa4 a6 13. Nb3 (13. exd5 Bxd5
14. Ne4 Qb6 15. O-O-O O-O-O $11) 13... Qd6 (13... Qb6 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Be4
O-O-O 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17. Qc4 e6 $15) 14. O-O-O (14. exd5 Bxd5 15. O-O-O O-O-O
16. Be4 Qf4+ 17. Nbd2 $13) 14... Bd7 15. Nbd2 (15. exd5 Nd4 16. Qb4 Qxb4 17.
cxb4 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Rd8 $15) 15... d4 $1 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qa3 a5 18. Kb1 (18. e5
Bxe5 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Nf6+ Kd8 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. Qa4+ Kc7 $15)
18... e5 19. Rh4 h5 20. gxh6 Rxh6 21. c5 (21. Rxh6 Bxh6 22. Rh1 Bg7 23. Rh7 Kf8
$15) 21... Qxc5 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Rxh6 Bxh6 24. Rc7 Bxd2 $1 25. Bb5 (25. Nxd2 Qg5
26. Nf3 (26. Nc4 Qh5 27. Nd6+ Ke7 28. Bb5 Kxd6 29. Rxd7+ Kc5 30. Rc7+ Kxb5 31.
Rxb7+ Kc6 32. Rxb4 Qd1#) 26... Qxg2 27. Nxe5 Bc6 28. b3 Qxf2 $19) 25... Bxb5
26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Nxd2 Rc8 $1 28. b3 (28. Nb3 Bd3+ 29. Ka1 b6 30. g4 Kf6 $19)
28... Bd3+ 29. Ka1 $138 Rc5 $1 30. Qa4 Rc1+ 31. Kb2 Rc2+ 32. Ka1 Rxd2 33. Qxa5
Rxa2+ 34. Qxa2 Nxa2 35. Kxa2 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Turin Olympiad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Dimakiling, O."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
Na6 9. a3 c5 10. O-O b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. f4 Nc7 14. Bf5 Qd6 15.
Rad1 Ba6 16. Rf3 Ne6 17. Be1 cxd4 18. exd4 b5 19. Bh4 h6 20. Qb3 Nc7 21. Bb1 b4
(21... Ne4 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bxe4) 22. axb4 axb4 23. Bxf6 Bxf6
24. Qc2 Rfd8 (24... g6 25. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 (25... bxc3 26. Ne7+ Qxe7 27. Qh7#) (
25... Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 fxg6 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Rac8 30. Qd1 Qf6
31. Rd2 $16) 26. Qxg6+ Bg7 (26... Kh8 27. Qh7#) 27. Qxd6 $18) 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26.
Re1 $1 Ne6 27. f5 $1 Bc8 (27... Ng5 28. Nd7+ Qxd7 29. Qh8#) 28. fxe6 Bxe6 29.
Ne2 (29. Rxf6 $142 gxf6 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 (31... Qd7 32. Nxd8 Rxd8
33. Ne2 $18) 32. Bg6+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Bg8 35. Qh6#) 29... Bxe5 30.
dxe5 Qxe5 31. Rff1 Ke7 32. Nf4 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Ra6 34. Nh5 Qxb2 35. Nxg7 Kd6 36.
Nxe6 fxe6 37. Rxe6+ Kxe6 38. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lie, K."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 (5... Qb6 {I usually play Qb6
but in this important game I wanted to avoid any preporation. This was the
last round game vs Norway and we needed at least 3.5-0.5 win to win the
bronze!}) 6. Bd3 Rc8 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O f5 $5 {Idea of this move is to
shutdown the light square bishop or eliminate the e5 strong pawn} 9. Ng5 $2 (9.
exf6 Nxf6 10. Bf4 O-O $11 {and black has a nice lead in development}) (9. Nbd2
Nge7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Qe2 O-O $11) 9... Nxe5 10. Bxf5 Qf6 $1 {
perhaps my opponent underestimated the strenct of this move} 11. Bc2 (11. Bxh7
Bb5 $17) 11... Ne7 12. Kh1 (12. Nxh7 Rxh7 13. Bxh7 Bb5 14. Bc2 Bxf1 15. Qxf1
Ng4 $17) 12... h6 13. Nh3 O-O {black has a big advantage here due to the big
lead in development and the nice activite of the piceces} 14. f4 N5g6 15. Nd2
e5 16. Ne4 (16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qh5 $17) 16... dxe4 17. Qxd7 e3 $1 {
blocking the dark square bishop and delaying whites development} 18. f5 Nf4 19.
Nxf4 exf4 20. Rxf4 e2 21. Qd2 (21. Bd2 Rfd8 {and white losses the bishop on d2}
) 21... Qe5 22. Qe1 Ng6 $1 23. Rf3 Nh4 24. Rf4 Rce8 {
I need to defend e2 before taking the pawn on f5} 25. Bd2 Nxf5 26. Re4 Qxe4 $1
27. Bxe4 Rxe4 $19 28. Qb1 Re5 (28... Ne3 {wins on the spot} 29. Bxe3 Rf1+ 30.
Qxf1 exf1=Q+ 31. Rxf1 Rxe3 {black is up a Bishop}) 29. Be1 {
here againg Ne3 was stronger} Ng3+ (29... Ne3 30. h3 Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Bd6 32. g3
Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Nc2 $19) 30. Bxg3 Ref5 31. h4 Rf1+ 32. Kh2 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Rd8 $1
34. Re1 Rd2 35. b4 Be7 36. Kg1 Bf6 37. Kf2 Rxa2 38. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Bxc3
40. b5 Kf7 41. Bf2 a5 42. Kd3 Bb4 43. Kc4 Ke6 44. g4 Be7 45. h5 a4 46. Bd4 Bf6
47. Bxf6 gxf6 48. Kb4 b6 $1 {final touch} 49. Kxa4 Kd5 50. Kb4 Kd4 51. Kb3 Kc5
52. Kc3 Kxb5 53. Kd4 Kc6 54. Ke4 b5 55. Kf5 b4 56. Kxf6 b3 {I was very happy
to help our team with this important victory to win the Bronze medals in Turin
Olympiad 2006} 0-1

[Event "2nd San Marino Open"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bhat, V."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 e5 5. Nge2 Nbd7 (5... b5 $1 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7.
O-O Be7 $11) 6. a4 a5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. g4 exd4
12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Ng3 Nfd7 14. Qd2 g6 15. Rad1 b6 16. f4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. b3
Ne6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Qf2 Bg7 21. Nce2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 b5 $1 23. Red2 (23. axb5
cxb5 24. Red2 a4 25. bxa4 bxa4 26. Rxd6 a3 27. e5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxd8
Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Bb6 Qd6 32. Ne4 Qd1+ 33. Qf1 Qxf1+ 34. Bxf1 a2 $19)
23... bxa4 24. bxa4 Bf8 25. h4 Nec5 26. Bd4 Nxa4 27. Ba1 Qb6 28. Bd4 Qb4 29.
Qf3 Rb8 30. h5 Nb2 31. Bc3 Qa3 32. Rf1 Na4 33. Rd3 Nxc3 34. Rxc3 Qb2 (34... Qa4
$5) 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. e5 Qb6+ 37. Kh2 d5 38. Nf5 Bb4 39. Rd3 Nc5 40. Nh6+ Kg7
41. f5 Qc7 $1 42. fxg6 Qxe5+ 43. Kh1 f6 44. Nf7 Rh8+ 45. Bh3 Qe4 46. Kh2 Qxg6
47. Nxh8 Rxh8 48. Re3 Ne4 49. Qf5 Qxf5 50. Rxf5 Ng5 51. Kg2 a4 52. Rf4 Bd2 0-1

[Event "2nd San Marino Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jovanic, O."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Bh4 h6 10. Qc2 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Bd3 f5 13. d5 Ndc5 14. Nd4 Qf6 15.
Bxe4 fxe4 16. dxe6 $2 (16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Qxe4 O-O-O 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. dxe6
Bxg2 20. Rg1 Bf3 21. b4 Rhe8 $15) (16. O-O $1 exd5 17. b4 Nd3 18. Qa4+ Kd8 (
18... Kf7 19. f3 $16) 19. f3 $16) 16... Nd3+ 17. Kd2 O-O-O 18. Qc3 a6 19. h4 g4
20. Kc2 Rhf8 $15 21. Rhd1 h5 22. Rd2 Rde8 23. Rad1 Rxe6 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Kb1
Bc6 26. b3 Kb7 27. Ka1 Rf5 28. Rb1 Ra5 29. Ra2 Qf7 30. Rf1 Rf5 31. b4 $2 $138 (
31. Rc2 $11) 31... Ka7 32. Qd4 Bb7 33. Rc2 a5 34. b5 a4 35. Bf4 Rc5 (35... Nxf4
36. exf4 Rxf4 37. Rg1 (37. Rc3 e3 38. Qxe3 Bxg2 39. Rfc1 Rxf2 $17) 37... e3 38.
Qxe3 Rxc4 39. Rxc4 Qxc4 40. Rc1 Qxb5 41. Rxc7 Ka6 $11) 36. g3 Qf8 37. Rc3 Kb8
38. Kb1 d5 39. Ka1 $2 (39. cxd5 Rxb5+ 40. Ka1 Nxf4 41. exf4 Bxd5 $13) 39...
Rxc4 $19 40. Bxc7+ (40. Rxc4 Qxa3+ 41. Kb1 Qb3+ 42. Ka1 dxc4 $19) 40... Rxc7
41. Ka2 Rxc3 42. Qxc3 Qc5 43. Qh8+ Ka7 44. Rb1 d4 0-1

[Event "2nd San Marino Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Areshchenko, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Be5 Nf6 8.
e3 c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. Bd4 Re8 11. e4 $1 (11. Bb5 $2 e5 12. Bxe5 (12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. Bxe8 Qxe8 14. O-O $15) 12... Nxe5 13. Qxd8 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Rxd8 $18) (11.
Na4 $5) (11. Ne5 $14) 11... e5 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Qd5+ $1 Kh8 15. h3 $2
(15. Bd2 $1 $16 Qe7 16. h3 Nh6 (16... Nxc5 17. b4 $18 (17. hxg4 $4 Be6 $17))
17. b4 f5 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. Bg5 Qf8 20. Bb5 $16) 15... Nxf2 16. Kxf2 fxg5 17. Bb5
a6 $6 (17... Nf6 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rad1 Rf8 20. Rd6 $14) 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Rad1
(19. Rhd1 $1 $16) 19... Bc6 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Nxg5 Rd4 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nd6
Rf8+ 24. Ke2 Bf6 25. Rhf1 (25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Nd5 Bh4 $132) 25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Bh4 27. Rf1 (27. Rd2 Bf2 28. b4 Bd4 29. Nd5 $16) 27... Rxf1 28. Kxf1 Be7 29.
Nc4 Bxc5 30. Nxe5 Be8 31. Ke2 Kg7 32. Kd3 g5 33. Kc4 Be3 34. Kd5 Bc1 35. Nd3
Bd2 36. Kd6 $18 Bg6 37. Nc5 b6 38. Ne6+ Kh6 39. e5 Bc1 40. b4 Kh5 (40... Ba3
41. Nd5 a5 42. Nd4 axb4 43. Nb3 Kh5 44. g3 Kh6 45. e6 g4 46. h4 Bb2 47. e7 Kg7
48. Nc7 Bc3 49. Nc1 Be1 50. Ne2 $18) 41. g3 $1 $138 g4 42. h4 Bd2 43. Nd5 Bf7 (
43... Be1 44. Nf6+ Kh6 45. Nxg4+ Kh5 46. Nf6+ Kh6 47. g4 Bxh4 48. Ng8#) 44.
Nef4+ Kh6 45. e6 Be8 46. Ke7 $1 Ba4 47. Kf7 1-0

[Event "2nd San Marino Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Torre, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 c6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. g4
Na6 9. f4 (9. Qb3 $142) (9. a3 $142) 9... Qa5 10. Qd2 d5 11. g5 Nd7 12. cxd5
cxd5 13. Nb5 (13. Bb5 Nc7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rc1 e6 16. f5 gxf5 17. Bf4 Rhc8
$13) 13... Qb6 (13... Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O 15. Rhc1 $14) 14. Rc1 O-O 15. O-O Ndb8
16. b4 Nc6 17. a3 e6 18. Nc3 $1 Ne7 (18... Nxd4 19. Bd1 Nb3 (19... Rac8 20. Na4
$18) 20. Bxb3 d4 21. Na4 dxe3 22. fxe3 Qb5 23. Rfd1 $14) (18... Bxd4 19. Na4
Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qd8 (20... Qc7 21. b5 $18) 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Rxc6 $18) 19. Na4
Qd6 20. Rc2 Rac8 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. bxc5 Qc7 23. Rb1 Nc6 (23... Nf5 24. Bg4 Rb8
25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rcb2 $11) 24. Bb5 Kh8 25. h4 h5 26. Bxc6 bxc6 (26... Qxc6 27.
Rcb2 Rc7 28. Qa5 Ra8 29. Qb5 b6 $1 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Rxb6 Rxb6
33. Rxb6 Rxa3 $11) 27. Rcb2 Rb8 28. Rb4 Rxb4 (28... f6 $5) 29. Qxb4 e5 $2 (
29... Kg8 30. Kg2 $14) 30. fxe5 Qd7 31. Bf4 $1 a5 32. Qd2 Ra8 33. a4 Bf8 34.
Bg3 Be7 35. Rb3 Bd8 36. Qf4 $138 Kg8 37. Kh2 Qc8 38. e6 $1 $18 Qxe6 (38... fxe6
39. Rf3 $18) 39. Re3 Qd7 40. Qd6 Qxd6 (40... Ra7 41. Qxd7 Rxd7 42. Re8+ Kg7 (
42... Kh7 43. Be5 f6 44. gxf6 g5 45. hxg5 Kg6 46. Rg8+ Kh7 47. f7 Rxf7 48. Rxd8
$18) 43. Be5+ f6 44. Rxd8 Rxd8 45. Bxf6+ Kf7 46. Bxd8 $18) 41. Bxd6 (41. cxd6
$142 Kf8 42. d7 Be7 43. Bc7 f5 44. gxf6 Bxf6 45. Rf3 Kg7 46. Be5 Bxe5+ 47. dxe5
Rd8 48. e6 $18) 41... f5 (41... f6 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Rf8+ Ke6 44. gxf6 $18) 42.
Re8+ Kf7 43. Rh8 Rc8 44. Kg2 Ke6 45. Kf3 Ra8 46. Be5 Kd7 47. Rg8 Rc8 48. Rxg6
Be7 49. Rh6 Re8 50. Kf4 1-0

[Event "2nd San Marino Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Tiviakov, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. b4 O-O 8. Bb2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 a5 11. bxa5 b5 12. Nce5 Rxa5 13. a4 (13. O-O $5)
13... bxa4 (13... Bb4+ $142 14. Ke2 Qd5 15. axb5 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Nbd7 (16...
Qxb5+ 17. Qd3 $14) 17. Nd3 $11) 14. Rxa4 c5 15. O-O Rxa4 16. Qxa4 Qb6 $6 (16...
cxd4 17. Bxd4 $14) 17. Ba3 $14 Qa6 18. Qxa6 Nxa6 19. Rc1 Ne4 (19... Ra8 20.
Bxc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Ng5 Nb3 23. Rb1 Nd2 24. Rd1 Nd5 25. h4 $14) 20. Ne1
$1 Ra8 21. f3 Bg5 22. Nc4 $1 Nc7 23. fxe4 Rxa3 24. Rb1 Ra8 25. dxc5 Kf8 26. Nf3
Ra4 27. Nfd2 Ke7 28. Kf2 Ra2 29. Kf3 Rc2 30. c6 Ra2 31. Rb7 Kd8 32. Nb3 Ra6 33.
Ne5 f6 (33... Bf6 34. Nxf7+ Kc8 35. Nd6+ Kd8 36. e5 Rxc6 37. Nd4 $18) 34. Nf7+
Kc8 35. Nd6+ Kd8 36. Nd4 Ra3 37. Nxe6+ Ke7 (37... Nxe6 38. Rd7#) 38. Nf5+ Kxe6
39. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gonzalez, R."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d3 dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. c3 (6. Nxe5 $4 Qa5+ 7.
Nc3 Qxe5 $19) 6... Qc7 7. Qc2 Nf6 8. Bc4 $6 (8. Nbd2 $11) 8... b5 9. Be2 Nbd7
10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. O-O Ne6 (12... a5 13. b4 Ne6 14. a4 Nxg5 15. Nxg5
axb4 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nd7 18. Ngf3 cxb5 19. Bxb5 Qxc3 20. Qxc3 bxc3 21.
Rc1 f6 22. Rxc3 Kd8 $11) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 (14. g3 O-O $15) 14... Nf4 15.
Nb3 O-O 16. c4 Qb6 $1 17. c5 Qc7 18. g3 (18. a4 Be6 19. Na5 a6 $15) 18... Nxe2+
19. Qxe2 Be6 20. Na5 Be7 21. Qe3 Rfd8 22. a4 (22. Nxe5 $5 Qxe5 23. Nxc6 Qc7 24.
Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Rfd1 Re8 26. a3 Bf6 27. Rac1 a5 28. Rc2 h6 $15) 22... a6 23. axb5
(23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxc6 Qc7 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rfd1 Re8 $15) 23...
axb5 24. Rfd1 f6 25. Qe1 $2 (25. Kg2 $15) (25. Nh4 Bf8 $15) 25... Rxd1 $1 26.
Qxd1 (26. Rxd1 Bxc5 27. bxc5 Qxa5 28. Qxa5 Rxa5 29. Rd6 Bh3 $19) 26... Bxc5 $1
27. Nxc6 (27. bxc5 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Qxa5 29. Qd6 Bh3 30. Qb8+ Kf7 31. Qb7+ Kg6 32.
Nh4+ Kh5 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Nf5+ Bxf5 35. exf5 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kf1 Qb1+ 38.
Kg2 Qxf5 $19) 27... Rxa1 28. Qxa1 Qxc6 29. bxc5 Qxc5 30. Qa8+ Qc8 31. Qa5 Bh3
32. Qa2+ Kh8 33. Qb1 Qc3 34. Qd1 h6 35. Nh4 Kh7 $1 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Khachiyan, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 (10... Be6 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qc7 O-O 13.
Bd3 c4 14. Bc2 Rb2 15. e4 Qh5 16. Bd1 Rc8 17. Qf4 Qa5 18. O-O Qxc3 19. d5 $18)
11. axb3 cxd4 12. exd4 e5 13. d5 $1 e4 (13... Ne7 $5) 14. Nd2 (14. O-O-O exf3 (
14... Ne7 15. Nd2 Nf5 16. Bg5 $14) 15. dxc6 O-O 16. c7 Be6 17. Be7 Rfe8 18. Rd8
a6 19. gxf3 $16) 14... Nb4 (14... Bxc3 15. Rc1 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ne7 17. Bf6 Rg8
18. Bc4 $16) 15. Nxe4 $1 O-O $2 (15... Bf5 $2 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Nc2+ 18.
Kd2 Nxa1 19. Bb5+ Kf8 (19... Bd7 20. Re1+ Kf8 21. Bxd7 Nxb3+ 22. Kc2 Nc5 23.
Be7+ Kg7 24. Bxc5 $18) 20. Rxa1 $18) (15... Nc2+ $8 16. Kd2 Nxa1 17. Bb5+ Bd7
18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Rxa1 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 a6 (20... Be5 21. Kc2 $14) 21. Nd6 $16) 16.
O-O-O Bf5 (16... f5 17. cxb4 fxe4 18. Bc4 $18) 17. Nf6+ Kh8 (17... Bxf6 18.
Bxf6 Rac8 19. Kb2 Na6 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. c4 $18) 18. Kb2 $6 (18. cxb4 $142 Rfc8+
19. Kb2 Rc2+ 20. Ka3 a5 21. g4 $1 Bf8 22. d6 Be6 23. bxa5 Rxa5+ 24. Kb4 Raa2
25. Bg3 Rab2 26. Rd3 Rc4+ 27. Ka3 Rcc2 28. Be5 Ra2+ 29. Kb4 $18) 18... h6 19.
f4 Nc2 20. h3 $1 Rad8 21. g4 Ne3 22. Re1 Nxf1 23. Rhxf1 Bc8 24. Rd1 $1 b5 (
24... Rd6 25. Ne4 Rd7 26. Bf6 $18) 25. b4 $1 a5 (25... a6 26. Rfe1 Bd7 27. Kc2
Bc8 28. Re7 $18) 26. bxa5 b4 27. cxb4 Rd6 28. g5 Bxh3 29. Rfe1 Bd7 30. Bf2 Rb8
31. Ka3 Bxf6 32. gxf6 Kg8 33. Re7 Bb5 34. Bc5 Rxf6 35. d6 Rd8 36. Rb7 Be2 37.
Rd2 Bf3 38. Rc7 Rxf4 39. d7 Bg4 40. Rc8 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Nakamura, H."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 (3. e4 {need to look at the new lines asap}) 3... Nf6
4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Be5 Bh6 $5 $146 8. e3 (8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3
c5 $13) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Bg3 (10. Bc4 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bg7 12. f4 e6 13.
O-O c5 14. Rb1 $14) 10... c5 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Qd2 (12. Qb3 $142 cxd4 13. exd4
Nf6 14. O-O Be6 15. c4 $14) 12... Nf6 13. O-O b6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. Bxf6 exf6 16.
Qb2 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Rfd8 18. a4 $1 cxd4 (18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 c4 20. Bf1 Qf5 21.
Bg2 $14) 19. cxd4 Bf8 20. Qb5 Bb4 21. Rab1 Bc3 22. h3 (22. Qb3 Kg7 (22... Bd5
23. Qa3 Kg7 $2 24. Rb5 $18) 23. Rc2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 Ba5 26. Rbc1 Qh5
27. Be2 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Qh4 29. Bf1 Be1 30. Kg1 f5 31. Qb1 Rc8 32. f4 Rxc2 33.
Qxc2 Qe7 34. Bg2 Qb4 35. Kf1 Qc3 36. Qd1 Bd2 37. Ke2 Bc1 38. Qd3 Qxd3+ 39. Kxd3
Kf6 40. Kc4 a6 41. Bb7 b5+ 42. axb5 axb5+ 43. Kxb5 Ke7 44. Kc4 Ba3) 22... Kg7
23. Rc2 Bc6 24. Qxa5 Bxa5 25. Rbc1 Bd7 26. Bb5 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8
29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Kd3 a6 32. Bc4 Bd7 33. Bxa6 Bxa4 34. e4 Bd7 35. Bc4
b5 36. Bb3 Bc7 37. Nd2 h5 38. Nb1 b4 39. Kc4 Bb6 40. Nd2 Bc8 41. Kd3 g5 42. Nf1
f5 43. Ne3 fxe4+ 44. Kxe4 Ba5 45. g4 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GM Sligfest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Mikhalevski, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.10.14"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 b6 9. Nf3 Bh6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qd5 14. Bh6 Bf5
15. Qc1 Rfe8 16. f3 Bd3 17. e4 Qb5 18. a4 Qh5 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Rd1 Na5 21. Rb1
c5 22. Rxd3 Rad8 (22... cxd4 23. Rb5 $1 e5 24. cxd4 Rac8 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Bxg5
exd4 27. Rxd4 $16) 23. Bf4 f6 24. Qc2 g5 25. Bg3 c4 26. Rdd1 Nb3 27. Qe2 Rc8
28. d5 Red8 29. e5 f5 30. e6 f4 31. Bf2 Qg6 32. h4 Qf5 33. hxg5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5
Qxd5 35. Rd1 Qxg5 36. Rd7 Nc5 $2 $138 (36... Nc1 37. Qe4 Nd3 38. Bd4 Nc5 39.
Rc7 Rd8 40. Qe2 $14) 37. Qxc4 Qf6 (37... Nxd7 38. Qxc8+ Nf8 39. Qb8 $18) 38.
Rxa7 Rd8 39. Bd4 Qh4 40. Qe2 Nb3 41. Rd7 Rc8 42. Bxb6 Rxc3 43. Rd1 Qf6 44. a5
Rc6 45. Qb5 Qxe6 46. Qg5+ Kf7 47. Qxf4+ Kg6 48. Qb4 $1 Kf7 49. Re1 (49. Rb1
$142 Nc1 50. Qf4+ Qf6 51. Qxf6+ exf6 52. a6 $18) 49... Rc4 50. Rxe6 Rxb4 51.
Re4 Rb5 52. Ra4 Nc1 53. a6 Ne2+ 54. Kf1 Nc3 55. Ra1 Nd5 56. Bf2 Nc7 57. a7 Na8
58. Rc1 Ra5 59. g3 Rg5 60. Rc8 Rg8 61. Rb8 Re8 62. Ke2 h5 63. Kd3 Nc7 64. Kc4
e5 65. Rb7 Re7 66. Bc5 1-0

[Event "GM Slugfest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Shabalov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O a6 8. h3 b5
9. a3 Nbd7 10. Be3 bxc4 11. Bxc4 d5 12. Bd3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bd2 Qb6 16. b4 Rd8 17. Rc1 Nf8 18. Qa4 Ne6 19. Rxc6 $1 (19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxc6
Bb7 (20... Ndf4 21. Rc3 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Nc5 a5 $11) 21.
Rxe6 fxe6 22. Nc5 $16) 19... Qb8 20. Qa5 $1 Ndf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Nc5 $1 Bxd4
23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Bxa6 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 $1 Bd7 (25... Bxa6 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Qc8+
Kg7 28. Qxa6 $16) 26. Rc7 Kg7 (26... Rxa6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Qxa6
Rd2 30. b5 $16) 27. b5 $18 e5 28. Re1 Re8 29. b6 Bxh3 30. gxh3 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Qf5
32. Bb7 Qxh3+ 33. Bg2 Qd3+ 34. Kg1 Rg4 35. Re7 Rxe7 36. Qxe7 Rg5 37. b7 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Santo Domingo DOM"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Belorusov, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qxc4 Qb6 8.
Rb1 Nd5 (8... Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Bd6 11. Bd3 $14) 9. a3 N7f6 10. Bxf6 Nxc3 (
10... gxf6 11. e3 Bd6 12. Bd3 $14) (10... Nxf6 11. e4 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O
Bd7 14. b4 $14) 11. Qxc3 gxf6 12. e3 Bd6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Nd2 $1 Qc7 15. Ne4 Be7
16. b4 Rg8 17. Bf3 f5 18. Nc5 a6 19. a4 Bxc5 (19... O-O-O 20. O-O Bd6 21. g3
Kb8 22. Rfc1 Bc8 23. b5 $18) 20. Qxc5 b6 21. Qc3 Ra7 22. O-O Ke7 (22... a5 23.
Rfc1 axb4 24. Qxb4 Ra6 25. Qc4 Ra5 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Qxc6+ Qxc6 28. Rxc6 Ke7
29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. Rxb6 Rxa4 31. g3 $16) 23. Rfc1 Rc8 24. a5 Rb7 25. Be2 b5 26.
Qd2 Rg8 27. Rc5 Qd6 28. Rbc1 Rc7 29. Bf3 f6 30. Qc3 Rgc8 31. g3 Be8 32. Qc2 Kd8
33. e4 fxe4 34. Bxe4 f5 (34... Bg6 35. Bxg6 hxg6 36. Qxg6 Qxd4 37. h4 Qxb4 38.
h5 Qd4 39. h6 Ke7 40. h7 f5 41. Rxf5 exf5 42. Re1+ Qe4 43. Rxe4+ fxe4 44. Qxe4+
Kd6 45. Qd4+ Ke6 46. h8=Q Rxh8 47. Qxh8 $18) 35. Bf3 Bd7 36. Qc3 Be8 37. Qe3
Re7 38. Qg5 Rcc7 39. Qg8 Kd7 (39... Rg7 40. Qh8 $18) 40. Qh8 Rc8 41. Bxc6+ Rxc6
42. Rxc6 Qxc6 43. Rxc6 Kxc6 44. Qe5 $1 Kb7 45. d5 1-0

[Event "GMA Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Antonio, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A73"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4
Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Kh1 Rb8 (11... f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 (12... gxf5 13.
Nf3 Ne5 (13... f4 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qh5 Qe7 17. Bd2 Qg7 18. Rae1
Bd7) 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. Qd2 $14) 13. Bg4 Rf8 14. Be6+ Kh8 15. Nde4 $14) 12. a4 a6
13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. f4 Nc8 16. a5 Na7 (16... Nc7 17. f5 Nb5 18. Nxb5
axb5 19. Ng4 Re8 20. f6 Bxg4 21. Bxg4 Bxf6 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. Bd7 $1 Qxd7 (23...
Rf8 24. Bxb5 Be5 25. Qh3 $16) 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Bh6 $18) 17. Nc4 Bb5 $6 (17...
Nb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 (18... Bxb5 19. Qc2 Qf6 (19... Nf6 20. Bd2 Re8 21. Bf3 $14))
19. Nb6 $14) 18. Be3 $1 Nc7 19. e5 $1 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nab5 21. Ne4 $1 $16 {
Diagram #} dxe5 (21... Re8 22. Qd3 dxe5 23. d6 Ne6 24. f5 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Nbd4
26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Raf1 $18) 22. Bxc5 $1 (22. d6 $5 Ne6 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxf7
Kxf7 25. Qd5 Bxb2 26. Ng5+ $18) 22... exf4 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 (23... Bxf8) 24. d6
Ne6 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Qd5 b4 27. Rad1 (27. Ra4 $142 $18) 27... Qd8 28. b3 Ra8
29. Qxb7 Qxa5 30. d7 Rd8 31. Rd5 Qa3 (31... Qa2 32. Qxb4 Qe2 33. Qc4 $18) 32.
Nc5 $1 f3 (32... Nxc5 33. Rxc5 Qxb3 34. Rc8 Bf6 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Qc8 Qd3 37.
Qxd8+ Kg7 38. Ra1 b3 (38... Qd4 39. Re1 Qf2 40. Qe7 f3 41. Qe5+ f6 42. Qe7+ Kh6
43. Qe3+ $18) 39. Qb6 Qxd7 40. Qxb3 $18) 33. Nxe6 fxg2+ 34. Kxg2 fxe6 35. Qc8
1-0

[Event "GMA Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Wang, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Be7 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. N2f3 O-O 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. a3 Qh5 14. b4 Rac8 15.
Nb3 e5 16. Nfd2 Qg6 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Be8 19. b5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Nd5 21. Ne4
f5 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bf7 24. Rfc1 Bf6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Nc5
e4 28. fxe4 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 fxe4 30. a4 Qh5 31. Qc2 Qg5 32. Qc3 h5 33. a5 h4 34.
h3 Bd5 35. a6 Ra8 36. Ra1 Ra7 37. Rb1 Ra8 38. Rf1 (38. Rb7 Rf8 39. a7 Qg3 40.
Nd7 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Rf2 43. a8=Q+ Kh7 44. Nf8+ Kh6 45. Qxg7+ Kh5 46.
Qg6#) (38. Qd4 Qe7 39. Rf1) 38... Kh7 39. Qd4 Qe7 40. Rb1 Qg5 41. Rf1 Qe7 42.
Rf4 Kg8 43. Rf5 Rb8 44. Rf1 Rb5 45. Ra1 Qa7 46. Nb7 (46. Ne6 $1 Qxd4 47. exd4
$18) 46... Rb6 (46... Rxb7 47. axb7 Qxb7 48. Qe5) 47. Nd6 Be6 48. Qxe4 Bd5 49.
Qe8+ Kh7 50. Nc8 $2 (50. Ra4 $1 Rb1+ 51. Kh2 $18 Rh1+ 52. Kxh1 $18) 50... Rxa6
51. Nxa7 Rxa1+ 52. Kh2 Rxa7 53. Qh5+ Kg8 54. e4 Bf7 55. Qxh4 Ra8 56. Kg3 Re8
57. Kf4 c5 58. Qg3 c4 59. h4 Rf8 60. Ke3 Rc8 61. Qg4 Re8 62. Kd4 Rd8+ 63. Kc3
Rd3+ 64. Kc2 Rd6 65. h5 Rh6 66. Qc8+ Kh7 67. Qf5+ Kg8 68. g4 Be6 69. Qf3 Rf6
70. Qg3 g6 71. Qe5 Rf2+ 72. Kc1 Bxg4 73. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "GMA Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Garma, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Qc2 c6 12. f3 Nh5 13. Bf2 (13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14.
e4 Ne6 15. e5 Nhf4 16. Nxf4 Nxf4 17. Ne2 Qb6 $1 $15) 13... Bh4 14. e4 Bxf2+ 15.
Rxf2 Ne6 16. e5 Qg5 (16... Nhf4 17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. Ne2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qg5 20. f4
Qf5 21. Qc3 $14) 17. g3 Nhf4 18. h4 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Qe3 20. Rff1 $1 (20. Nd1 Nxd4
21. Nxe3 (21. Qc3 Qxe5 22. Nxd4 Nxf2 23. Nxf2 Bd7 $17) 21... Nxc2 22. Bxc2 Nxf2
23. Kxf2 Rxe5 $15) 20... Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. f4 (22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 Nf4+
24. gxf4 Qxf4 25. Bxc8 Raxc8 26. Rae1 Rxe5 $15) 22... Bg4 23. Be2 h5 24. Rad1
Qb4 25. Rd2 Qe7 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Qd1 Qe6 28. f5 Qh6 29. Rd4 Ng5 $3 30. Rxg4
Nh7 31. Qd4 Rad8 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. gxf4 f6 34. e6 d4 35. Ne4 Rd5 36. Kf3 Re7 37.
Ng3 Nf8 38. h5 Kh7 39. Rd1 a5 40. Rh4 c5 41. Rh2 d3 42. b3 b5 43. Rhd2 c4 44.
bxc4 bxc4 45. Rc1 Rc7 46. Ke4 Rd6 47. Rc3 Kh6 48. Kf3 Rd5 49. Rd1 Kh7 50. Re1
Kg8 51. Ke3 Nh7 52. Kd2 Kf8 53. Re4 Rdc5 54. Rd4 Ke7 55. Nf1 $2 $138 (55. Ke3)
55... Rxf5 56. Ne3 Rxh5 57. Nd5+ Rxd5 58. Rxd5 Kxe6 59. Rdxd3 g5 60. Rd4 gxf4
61. Rcxc4 Rb7 62. Re4+ Kf7 63. Rxf4 Rb2+ 64. Rc2 Rb5 65. Rc7+ Kg6 66. Ra4 Ng5
67. Ra7 Rd5+ 68. Ke2 Re5+ 69. Kf1 Rb5 70. R4xa5 Rb2 71. Re7 Nf3 72. Re2 Nh2+
73. Ke1 Rb1+ 74. Kf2 f5 75. a4 Ng4+ 76. Kg2 Rb3 77. Re6+ Kg5 78. Rb5 Ra3 79. a5
Ra2+ 80. Kf3 Rf2+ 81. Kg3 Ra2 82. a6 Ra3+ 83. Kg2 Kh4 84. Rxf5 Rxa6 (84... Ne3+
85. Rxe3 Rxe3 86. Ra5 Re8 87. a7 Ra8 88. Kf3 $18) 85. Rxa6 Ne3+ 86. Kf3 Nxf5
87. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Morelia Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, V.."]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.02.16"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Qb3 Rb8 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. e4 c6 (6... Bxf3 7.
gxf3 e5 8. Be3 $14) 7. Be3 a6 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rfd1 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12.
Rac1 Rfe8 13. b4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 exd4 15. Bxd4 a5 (15... c5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. b5
$14) 16. a3 Bf8 17. Be2 g6 18. f4 Bg7 19. Bf3 Re6 20. Qd2 (20. Qf2 $16) 20...
Rbe8 21. Qf2 axb4 22. axb4 Qb8 23. Rd2 h5 24. Rcd1 Nf8 25. Qg3 Rd8 26. Kh1 Ne8
27. Bxg7 Nxg7 28. c5 d5 (28... f5 29. e5 d5 30. Nxd5 cxd5 31. Bxd5 Qc7 32.
Bxe6+ Ngxe6 33. Rxd8 Nxd8 34. Rd6 Nde6 35. Qf3 $18) 29. f5 (29. exd5 Nf5 30.
Qf2 Re3 31. Ne2 cxd5 32. Bxd5 Rde8 33. Kg1 $16) 29... Re5 (29... Qxg3 30. hxg3
gxf5 31. exd5 Re3 32. dxc6 Rxd2 33. c7 Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Re8 35. Bxb7 Nfe6 36.
c8=Q Rxc8 37. Bxc8 $18) 30. f6 Ne8 31. exd5 Nxf6 32. dxc6 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 bxc6
34. h3 $1 N8d7 35. b5 h4 $2 (35... Rxc5 36. Qxb8+ Nxb8 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rxb8
Rxc3 39. Bxc6 $14) 36. Qxh4 Re3 (36... Rxc5 37. bxc6 Rxc3 38. cxd7 Rc1+ 39. Bd1
$18) 37. bxc6 Ne5 38. Be2 $1 Kg7 39. c7 $1 Qa8 (39... Qxc7 40. Qxf6+ Kxf6 41.
Nd5+ Kg7 42. Nxc7 $18) 40. Rd8 Qa1+ 41. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Festival De Ajedrez"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Karpov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2007.02.16"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. d4 {20} Nf6 {25} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2
c6 8. O-O (8. Bc3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 $14) 8... d5
9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Bf4 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. e3 (14. Bd6
Bxd4 15. Rc1 Re8) 14... Qe7 15. h4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Bxe5 Bxe5
19. Rac1 d4 20. exd4 Bxd4 21. Nf3 Bf6 22. Rfe1 (22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Rfe1 Rd2 $1
$17) 22... Qc5 23. Nd2 Qa5 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Re2 (25. Nc3 $1 $11) 25... Bc8 26.
Ng5 Bxg5 27. hxg5 Bg4 28. Re3 Rd2 29. Qc3 Rxa2 30. Qxa5 Rxa5 31. Bxc6 Rxg5 32.
Bd5 h5 33. Re7 a5 34. Rce1 Rf5 35. Rb7 Rf6 36. Ree7 g6 37. Kg2 Bd1 38. Re3 Bc2
39. Rc3 Bf5 40. Re3 Kg7 41. Ree7 g5 42. Re5 Kg6 43. Re3 g4 44. b4 axb4 45. Rb3
Rd8 46. Rxb4 Rdd6 47. Rb8 Kg7 48. Rb2 Be6 49. Bxe6 Rdxe6 50. Rd8 Rc6 51. Rd5
Rxc4 52. Rxh5 Rc5 53. Rh4 Rg6 54. Rb4 f5 55. Rh1 b5 56. Rhb1 Rb6 57. R1b2 Kg6
58. f3 gxf3+ 59. Kxf3 Kg5 60. R2b3 Rd6 61. Rf4 Rdd5 62. g4 Rc4 63. Rxf5+ Rxf5+
64. gxf5 b4 65. Ke3 Kxf5 66. Kd2 Ke4 67. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Festival De Ajedrez"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, I.."]
[Black "Akobian, V.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.02.16"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. e4 d4 16. e5 dxc3 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. bxc3 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rfd8 20. Be3 b6 21.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. c4 Nc6 23. c5 Nb4 24. Bb7 (24. cxb6 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 axb6 $11)
24... Rc7 25. cxb6 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 axb6 27. a3 Nd3 28. Be3 Be7 29. Ba6 Nb2 30.
Bxb6 Bxa3 31. Bb5 Nd1 32. Bc4 Kf7 33. f4 g6 34. g4 Bc1 35. Bc7 Ne3 36. Bb3 h5
37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Be5 Nf5 39. Kf2 Be3+ 40. Kf3 Bd4 41. Ke4 Bxe5 42. Kxe5 Ng7
43. h4 Ke7 44. Bc2 Ne8 45. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Festival De Ajedrez"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Del Rio, A.."]
[Black "Akobian, V.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.02.16"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O Qb6 8. Bc2
a5 9. a3 Be7 10. Re1 h6 11. Ra2 Qa7 12. Be3 b5 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 a4 15. h4
Nb6 16. Ra1 Na5 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. h5 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Re2 Nac4 21. Nxc4 Nxc4
22. Bd3 Bb5 23. Ra1 Qa6 24. g3 O-O 25. Qc1 Nxe3 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 27. Qxe3 Rfc8 28.
g4 Be7 29. Ne1 Bg5 $1 30. Qd3 (30. Qf3 Rc4 $17) 30... Qxd3 31. Nxd3 Rc4 32. f3
Rxd4 33. Nc5 Be7 34. Nb3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Festival De Ajedrez"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, V.."]
[Black "Bacrot, E.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.02.16"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
Rc8 9. Ne5 e6 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qd7 $1 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na4 Rxc1
15. Rxc1 Rc8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 $14 Ne4 18. Bd4 f6 19. f3 Nd6 (19... Ng5 20.
h4 Nf7 21. g4 e5 22. gxf5 exd4 23. exd4 Re8 24. Bd3 Nh6 25. Be4 Rd8 26. Kg2 $14
) 20. Qd1 (20. e4 $1 dxe4 21. Rd1 exf3 22. Bxf3 Ne4 23. Bxf6 Qf7 24. Be5 Nxc5
25. Qc3 Qf8 26. Rc1 $16) 20... Nb5 21. a4 Nxd4 22. exd4 e5 23. b4 Qe6 24. Bf1
Bg6 25. Qd2 h6 26. Re1 Kh7 $14 27. b5 (27. Bd3 Re8 28. Bxg6+ Kxg6 29. b5 axb5
30. axb5 Kf7 31. Rd1 $14) 27... axb5 28. axb5 Qd7 29. f4 $6 (29. Bd3 Bxd3 30.
Qxd3+ Kh8 31. Rc1 $14) 29... exd4 30. Qxd4 Qc7 31. Rc1 Be4 32. g3 Qa5 33. Ra1
Qc7 34. Rc1 Qa5 35. c6 (35. Bd3 f5 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Qe5 Rf8 38. c6 bxc6 39.
bxc6 Qd2 $11) 35... bxc6 36. bxc6 Qa3 37. Qc3 Qxc3 38. Rxc3 d4 39. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2007 US Championship"]
[Site "Stillwater United States"]
[Date "2007.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Browne, W.."]
[Black "Akobian, V.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Nd1 (11. a3 Qb6 12. Rad1 $13) 11... b4 12. Nf2 a5
13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Ba6 $1 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. Kh1 Rfc8 $15 18.
Qe3 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Ra6 20. g4 $1 Rc6 21. f5 Kh8 $1 (21... Qd8 22. f6 gxf6 23.
exf6 Bxf6 24. g5 $1 $16) 22. f6 gxf6 23. exf6 Bd6 24. Qh6 $1 Rg8 25. Qh5 Rg6
26. Nh3 $1 Ne4 $1 (26... Kg8 $2 27. Ng5 h6 28. Qxg6+ $3 fxg6 29. f7+ $18) (
26... Nd7 27. Ng5 Nf8 28. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 29. f7+ e5 30. Rxe5 $18) 27. Rxe4 dxe4
28. Ng5 Rxg5 $8 (28... h6 29. Qxg6 fxg6 30. f7+ $18) 29. Qxg5 Bf8 30. c3 $138
a4 $5 31. a3 $2 (31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. Bxe5 bxc3 33. Bxc3 a3 34. Rd1 Bd6 35. bxa3
Rxc3 36. Rxd6 h6 37. Rd4 Rxa3 38. Rxe4 Rxa2 39. Rf4 Kh7 $15) 31... bxa3 32.
bxa3 Qb7 33. Kg1 Rc8 34. Re1 Qd5 $1 35. Qe3 (35. h4 Ra8 36. Qc1 Bd6 $17) 35...
Bxa3 36. Ra1 Bf8 37. Rxa4 e5 $1 38. Qg5 (38. Bb6 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qxa4 $19) 38...
Qb3 0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sharavdorj, D.."]
[Black "Akobian, V.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxd4 Qc7 (11... Nxd4 12. exd4 $14) 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 a6 15. e4 c5 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 Nb6 18. Bd3 c4 19. bxc4
Rac8 20. Ne4 Nxc4 21. Bd4 (21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. exf6 (22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4
24. exf6 Rc2 25. fxg7 Rfc8 26. Be5 Rxg2+ 27. Kf1 Rxh2 $17) 22... Qb6+ 23. Kh1
Qxb2 24. Bxc4 Qxf6 25. Bxa6 Bxa6 26. Qxa6 Qxf4 $17) 21... Rfd8 22. Bxc4 $4 (22.
Bf2 Qc6 23. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Nd6 Rc7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7
$11) 22... Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Bb6 Bc7 26. Rxd8+ (26. Bxc7
Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bd5 28. Bd6 Rxa4 $17) 26... Bxd8 27. Bxd8 Rc2 28. Rb1 Rxg2+ 29.
Kf1 Bd5 30. Rb8 $138 h6 31. Bh4+ Kh7 32. Bg3 Ra2 33. Rb4 a5 $1 34. Rd4 Bc6 $19
35. Be1 Bxa4 36. Bd2 Bb3 37. Ke1 a4 38. Rd7 Kg6 39. h4 h5 40. f5+ exf5 41. Rd3
Be6 42. Rg3+ Kh7 43. Rg5 a3 0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian, V.."]
[Black "Howell, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Rb1 b6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Be2 (11. Qf3 Bd5 12. e4 Bb7 13. Bxc4 c5 14.
dxc5 Nd7 $13) 11... f5 $2 (11... c6 12. a4 a6 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. c4
$14) 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qa4 c5 14. Bxc4 (14. Bf3 Rc8 15. d5 Bf7 16. Nxc4 Bxc3 17.
Rfd1 (17. Nd6 Rb8 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. d6) 17... Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qxa7 Ra8
20. Qxb6 Qxb6 21. Nxb6 Rxa2 22. d6 exd6 23. Rxd6 Kg7 $11) 14... Bxc4 15. Qxc4+
$14 Kh8 16. Nf3 (16. a4 $16) 16... Qe8 17. Qe6 Bf6 18. Bxf6+ (18. Bg3 Qc8 19.
Rfd1 (19. Nd2 $14) 19... Ne5 20. Ng5 Ng4 21. Qxc8 Rfxc8 22. Ne6 $14) 18... Rxf6
19. Qb3 e5 20. a4 $1 Rb8 21. Rfd1 e4 22. Nd2 Qe6 23. Qb5 Qc6 24. Qa6 Qb7 25.
Qe2 Qc6 26. Nc4 $1 Rc8 (26... Qxa4 27. Ra1 Qb5 28. Rxa7 Rc8 29. Qa2 $16) 27. d5
Qb7 $138 28. Rb5 $1 Re8 29. a5 a6 30. Rxb6 $1 Nxb6 31. axb6 Rxb6 32. Nxb6 Qxb6
33. Qa2 $138 Rd8 $6 (33... Qd6 34. Rb1 Kg8 35. g3 $14) 34. h3 Kg7 35. Rb1 $16
Qf6 36. c4 Kh6 37. Qa5 Rc8 38. Rb6 Qh8 39. g3 $1 $18 Ra8 40. Kg2 Qc8 41. Rc6
Qb7 42. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, V.."]
[Black "Stripunsky, A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Rh6 14. Qc1 Qe7 $6 (
14... Rg6) 15. Qxg5 Nd7 16. Bf4 $1 Qxg5 17. Bxg5 Rh8 18. e5 Be7 19. f4 b4 20.
Na4 (20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Ne4 c5 22. Nd6 Bd5 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 cxd4 25. Rad1
$18) (20. Ne4 c5 21. Bxe7 Bxe4 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Rg8 24. Rf2 Rc8 25. a3
bxa3 26. Rxa3 Rxc5 27. Rc3 Bd5 28. Bxh5 $16) 20... Ba6 (20... c5 21. Bxc4 cxd4
22. Bb5 $1 Rg8 23. Rac1 Bxg5 24. fxg5 $18) 21. b3 $1 Bb5 22. Bxc4 Bxa4 $6 (
22... Bxc4 23. bxc4 Nb6 24. Nb2 Rd8 25. Rad1 $16) 23. bxa4 Nb6 24. Bb3 Rd8 25.
Rac1 Rxd4 26. Rxc6 Kd7 27. Rfc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Nxc8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Bxg5
31. fxg5 Nb6 (31... h4 32. Kf2 Nb6 33. Kf3 a5 34. Kg4 Kc6 35. Kxh4 Kd5 36. Bb3+
Kxe5 37. Kg4 Kd4 38. h4 $18) 32. h4 $1 $18 Ke7 33. Kf2 Nc4 34. Bxh5 Nxe5 35.
Be2 (35. Ke3) 35... Nd7 36. a5 Nc5 37. Ke3 a6 38. Kd4 b3 (38... Nb7 39. Kc4
Nxa5+ 40. Kxb4 Nc6+ 41. Kc5 Ne5 42. Bxa6 $18) 39. axb3 Nxb3+ 40. Kc3 $1 Nxa5 (
40... Nc5 41. Kb4 Kd6 42. h5 Ne4 43. g6 fxg6 44. hxg6 Nf6 45. Bxa6 $18) 41. Bf3
$1 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, H.."]
[Black "Akobian, V.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Bg5 Qc7 $1 $11 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Nxd7 (12. Bb5 Rb8 13.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Bxd6 Kxd6 17. dxc5+ Kxc5 18. O-O-O
Rbd8 $11) 12... Bxd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qa3 Rc8 15. Be2 Ke7 16. O-O-O Rhd8 17.
f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian, V.."]
[Black "Milov, V.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
e3 c5 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ndxc5 13. Be7 Re8 14. Bxc5
Qxc5 15. Rab1 Qe7 16. Nd4 b6 17. a4 Bd7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. a5 bxa5
21. Rb7 Qd6 22. Rxa7 Rc5 23. Qa2 a4 24. Qb1 g6 25. Qb7 Re7 26. c4 Kf8 27. Qb4
Be8 28. Ra5 Ree5 29. g3 $138 Qe7 30. Ra8 Kg7 31. Kg2 Bd7 32. Kg1 Qg5 33. Ra7
Qg4 34. Qb2 Be8 35. Re7 Kh6 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. c5 $2 (37. Qb8 $1 Qg5 38. c5 a3
39. h4 Qe7 40. c6 $18) 37... Qh3 38. c6 Rh5 39. f4 exf3 40. c7 Bd7 41. Nxf3 Qe6
42. Qc3 Bc8 43. Rf1 f6 44. Ra1 Qe7 45. Rxa4 Rc5 46. Rc4 Rxc4 47. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 48.
Kg2 Kg7 49. Qc2 g5 50. h3 h5 51. Qd2 Qe7 52. Qc2 Qe6 53. Kf2 Qxh3 54. Qc5 Qd7
55. Nd4 Kf7 56. Qc4+ Kf8 57. Qc5+ Qe7 58. Qc6 Qe5 59. Nb5 Ke7 60. Nc3 Qd4+ 61.
Kg2 Qd2+ 62. Kg1 Qd6 63. Nd5+ Ke6 64. Qxd6+ Kxd6 65. Nxf6 h4 66. gxh4 gxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akobian, V.."]
[Black "Stripunsky, A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rad8 14. Qc1
Qxc1 15. Raxc1 b6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. e3 h6 18. Rc4 Rd6 19. h4 Rxf3 20. Bxf3 Ne5
21. Be2 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Kf7 23. Kg2 Kf6 24. Bb3 Rd2 25. Kf3 a6 26. Rc1 Ke5 27.
Rc4 Kf6 28. Rf4+ Ke7 29. Rg4 Kf7 30. Rf4+ Ke7 31. Kg4 Rd7 32. Kh5 Rd6 33. Rf3
Bb4 34. Kg6 Bc3 35. Rf7+ Kd8 36. Ra7 b5 37. f4 a5 38. Kf7 e5 39. Be6 b4 40. f5
e4 41. g4 Rc6 42. Rxa5 Kc7 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 b3 45. Ra7+ Kb6 (45... Kb8 46.
Ra3 Rc7+ 47. Kg6 b2 48. Bd5 b1=Q 49. Ra8#) 46. Ra3 b2 47. Rb3+ Ka7 48. Bd5 Rb6
49. Rxb6 Kxb6 50. Bxe4 Kc5 51. f6 gxf6 52. g6 1-0

[Event "Continental Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, V.."]
[Black "Spraggett, K.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Qf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Qd6 8.
Nge2 O-O-O 9. a3 Kb8 10. Na4 Ne7 11. Nc5 Bc8 $11 12. g3 h5 13. h4 g6 14. b4 Bh6
15. c3 Ka8 16. a4 a6 17. Bd3 Rhe8 18. Kd2 Ka7 19. a5 c6 20. Nf4 Rh8 21. Kc2
Rdg8 22. Rab1 Rh7 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Rb2 g5 25. Nxh5 Reh8 26. Rhb1 $5 (26. hxg5
fxg5 27. g4 Bg7 28. Rbb1 $16) 26... Bf8 27. b5 $1 cxb5 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Rxb5
Ng8 $1 (29... Nc6 30. Rxb7+ Bxb7 31. Rxb7+ Rxb7 32. Qa6+ Kb8 33. Qxb7#) 30. Rb6
Qc7 31. Qb5 $1 $18 (31. Rxb7+ Bxb7 32. Rxb7+ Qxb7 33. Nxb7 Rxb7 34. Qf3 $16)
31... Bxc5 32. dxc5 f4 33. a6 $1 Bf5+ (33... bxa6 34. Ra1 Bb7 35. Qxa6+ Kb8 36.
Qa8#) 34. Kc1 Bxb1 35. Rxb7+ Qxb7 36. axb7 Rxb7 37. Qa5+ $138 Kb8 38. Qd8+ Ka7
39. c6 Rb5 40. Qd7+ $1 Kb6 41. c7 Ne7 42. Qxe7 (42. Qd8 $142 $1 $18) 42... Be4
43. exf4 Rb1+ 44. Kd2 Ra8 45. c8=N+ $6 (45. Nxf6 $142 Ra2+ 46. Ke3 Re1+ 47. Kd4
Ra4+ 48. Ke5 Bf3+ 49. Kd6 Rxe7 50. c8=Q $18) 45... Rxc8 46. Qxf6+ Kb5 47. Qg7
$1 $18 Ka6 48. fxg5 (48. f3 Bxf3 49. Qg6+ $18) 48... Rb2+ 49. Ke3 Rc2 50. Nf6
R8xc3+ 51. Kd4 Rc4+ 52. Ke5 Rxf2 53. Qg8 Rf5+ 54. Kd6 Kb5 55. Qb8+ Ka4 56. Qb2
Rc2 57. Qb6 Rc4 58. g4 Rf3 59. h5 Rb4 60. Qa6+ Kb3 61. h6 Bd3 62. Qa8 Rb6+ 63.
Ke5 Rf1 64. h7 Re1+ 65. Kf4 Rb4+ 66. Kg3 Re3+ 67. Kf2 Rh3 68. Qxd5+ (68. h8=Q
Rf4+ 69. Kg2 Bf1+ 70. Kg1 Rg3+ 71. Kh2 Rg2+ 72. Kh1 $18) 68... Ka4 69. Kg2 Rxh7
70. Qxd3 Rc7 71. Qd1+ Ka3 (71... Ka5 72. Qd8 $18) (71... Kb5 72. Qe2+ Kc6 73.
Qa6+ Rb6 74. Qxb6+ Kxb6 75. Nd5+ Kc6 76. Nxc7 Kxc7 $18) 72. Qa1+ Kb3 73. Qb1+
Ka3 74. Qxb4+ $1 1-0

[Event "Continental Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Granda, Z.."]
[Black "Akobian, V.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qb3 (9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bd3 Ne4 $11) 9... Qe7 (9...
a6 $11) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Bd6 12. Bg5 Ne5 $1 {1/2-1/2} 13. Nxe5 (13. Nb5
Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Be5 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 e5 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Nc7 Rac8 19. Nd5
Nxd5 20. Bxd5 b6 $11) 13... Bxe5 14. Kh1 Qc5 15. Bxf6 (15. Be3 Qa5 16. f3 Bd7
$11) 15... Bxf6 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 b5 18. Be2 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Bd7 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Continental Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.07.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vescovi, G.."]
[Black "Akobian, V.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.16"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 e5 7. d5 Nb8 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nge2 d6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 (12. Nxc3 e4 13. O-O Bf5 14.
Nb5 Qd7 $13) 12... c5 13. dxc6 $2 (13. O-O $142 Nbd7 14. e4 $14) 13... Nxc6 14.
b3 Be6 15. Rd1 Red8 16. O-O (16. e4 a6 17. O-O b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qb2 Qa7 $15
) 16... a5 $1 (16... d5 $2 17. b4 $1 dxc4 18. b5 $16) 17. Bb2 d5 $1 $11 18.
cxd5 (18. c5 Rac8 19. f4 Bg4 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bd4 b6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Nc6
$15) 18... Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Rac8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. f4
h6 (23... f6 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxa5 Nd3 26. Bd4 Rxd4 27. exd4 Qe3+ 28. Kg2 Qe2+
$11) 24. fxe5 Qe6 25. Qc2 (25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. bxc4 Rd3 $13) 25... Nxe5 26. Qc3
Re8 27. Qxa5 $6 (27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Kf2 Rc5 30. Rd1 Rc3 31. Rd5
$11) 27... Qxb3 $15 28. Bd4 Nc6 (28... b5 29. Qb4 Qd5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Qd4 Qe6
$15) 29. Qf5 Nxd4 30. exd4 Rd8 31. Rb1 Qe3+ 32. Kg2 (32. Qf2 Qxa3 33. Rxb7 Qc1+
34. Kg2 Qc6+ 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rxd4 $15) 32... g6 33. Qe5 Qd2+ (33... Qc3
34. Kg1 Qxa3 (34... Rxd4 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kh7 37. Rf1 $1 $11) 35. Rxb7
Qa1+ 36. Kf2 Qxd4+ 37. Qxd4 Rxd4 38. h4 h5 $15) 34. Kh3 Qd3 (34... Qc3) 35. Qf6
$1 (35. Rxb7 Qf1+ 36. Kg4 (36. Kh4 g5+ 37. Kg4 f5+ 38. Kh5 Qf3+ 39. Kg6 Qxb7
40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qxf5+ Ke8 $19) 36... Rxd4+ 37. Qxd4 Qf5+ 38. Kh4 Qh5#) 35...
Qxb1 (35... Rd5 36. Rf1 Rh5+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ $11) 36. Qxd8+ Kg7 37. Kg2 $8 Qb2+
38. Kg1 Qxa3 39. d5 b5 40. d6 Qe3+ $6 (40... b4 $142 41. d7 (41. Qe7 $2 Qc1+
42. Kg2 Qb2+ 43. Kg1 (43. Kh3 Qf2 44. d7 (44. Qe5+ Qf6 $19) 44... Qf1+ 45. Kh4
g5+ 46. Kg4 Kg6 $1 47. Qd6+ f6 48. d8=Q h5#) 43... Qd4+ 44. Kg2 b3 45. d7 b2
46. d8=Q Qxd8 47. Qxd8 b1=Q $15) 41... b3 42. Qc7 b2 43. Qe5+ Kh7 44. Qxb2 Qxb2
45. d8=Q Qe5 46. Qd3 Kg7 $15) 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe2+ 44. Kg1
Qe1+ 45. Kg2 1/2-1/2

